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There are many methods to complete this :-<br />
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Please see my EE Article<br />
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<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/VMWare/A_10302.html" rel="ugc">HOW TO: &nbsp;Resize a VMware (VMDK) Virtual Disk</a><br />
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e.g. you could use Disk Management, Third Party Partition Software, or VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1.<br />
<br />
see my articles<br />
<br />
<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/VMWare/A_11489.html" rel="ugc">HOW TO: &nbsp;Synchronize changes when completing a P2V or V2V with VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/VMWare/A_11449.html" rel="ugc">HOW TO: &nbsp;P2V, V2V for FREE - VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/A_9131.html" rel="ugc">HOW TO: Improve the transfer rate of a Physical to Virtual (P2V), Virtual to Virtual Conversion (V2V) using VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.0</a><br />
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let me know if you have any questions....
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There are many methods to complete this :-

Please see my EE Article

HOW TO:  Resize a VMware (VMDK) Virtual Disk [https://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/VMWare/A_10302.html]

e.g. you could use Disk Management, Third Party Partition Software, or VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1.

see my articles

HOW TO:  Synchronize changes when completing a P2V or V2V with VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1 [https://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/VMWare/A_11489.html]

HOW TO:  P2V, V2V for FREE - VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.1 [https://www.experts-exchange.com/Software/VMWare/A_11449.html]

HOW TO: Improve the transfer rate of a Physical to Virtual (P2V), Virtual to Virtual Conversion (V2V) using VMware vCenter Converter Standalone 5.0 [https://www.experts-exchange.com/A_9131.html]


let me know if you have any questions....

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How do I combine two partitions on a vmware vm running Windows server 2008? I added the disk space through the vsphere client. When I boot up the server I can see the second partition but I need it to be part of the first partition but without messing up the data on the first partition.
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How do I combine two partitions on a vmware vm running Windows server 2008? I added the disk space through the vsphere client. When I boot up the server I can see the second partition but I need it to be part of the first partition but without messing up the data on the first partition.

How do I combine two partitions on vmware Win 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.

Windows Server 2008

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.