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<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590" rel="ugc">http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590</a>
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http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590 [http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590]

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I think if you try upgrading your disk to dynamic then try extending it.<br />
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<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731274.aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731274.aspx</a>&nbsp;for a little more info.
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I think if you try upgrading your disk to dynamic then try extending it.

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731274.aspx [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731274.aspx] for a little more info.

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Please DO NOT convert the disk to Dynamic - it is not necessary.<br />
Worst case, download GPARTED (<a href="http://gparted.sourceforge.net/" rel="ugc">http://gparted.sourceforge.net/</a> which is free) and resize your OS partition.<br />
<b><i><u>BUT - Whatever you do - make sure you have a full backup of the server before you contemplate any partition resizing tools. &nbsp;They can kill your server.</u></i></b><br />

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Please DO NOT convert the disk to Dynamic - it is not necessary.
Worst case, download GPARTED (http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ [http://gparted.sourceforge.net/] which is free) and resize your OS partition.
BUT - Whatever you do - make sure you have a full backup of the server before you contemplate any partition resizing tools.  They can kill your server.


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I see others beat me to it but I have inclosed this link also<br />
<a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771473.aspx" rel="ugc">http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771473.aspx</a>
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I see others beat me to it but I have inclosed this link also
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771473.aspx [http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc771473.aspx]

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thank you for all your quick responses.
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my windows 2003 server with raid1 with two 72GB disk was running low in diskspace. i've upgraded the disk to 148GB each and the server was still reading the disk was 72GB. i was told to upgrade the server to windows 2008 and it would allow me to extend the disk. can anyone assist? i am not able to extend my primary disk to the maximum size.<br />
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my windows 2003 server with raid1 with two 72GB disk was running low in diskspace. i've upgraded the disk to 148GB each and the server was still reading the disk was 72GB. i was told to upgrade the server to windows 2008 and it would allow me to extend the disk. can anyone assist? i am not able to extend my primary disk to the maximum size.


extend primary partition windows server 2008?

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.