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Sergiu DUDNIC
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      01-20-2008
Hello,
Help me resize the boot or system partition.
The situation is the folowing:
__________________________________________________ ______
D(22 sys prim) { E(161 log) | C(98 boot log) | FREE(91) }

{} - extended
sys - system
prim - primary
log - logical
boot - bootable

Desired actions:
kill D, extend E (+91 from FREE, +22 from D)

__________________________________________________ ______
log of actions:

DISKPART> list disk

Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
-------- ---------- ------- ------- --- ---
* Disk 0 Online 373 GB 91 GB

DISKPART> list partition

Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 Primary 22 GB 1024 KB
Partition 0 Extended 350 GB 22 GB
* Partition 2 Logical 161 GB 22 GB
Partition 3 Logical 98 GB 184 GB

DISKPART> list volume

Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 G DVD-ROM 0 B No Media
Volume 1 F RAW DVD-ROM 577 MB Healthy
Volume 2 D NTFS Partition 22 GB Healthy
System
* Volume 3 E NTFS Partition 161 GB Healthy
Volume 4 C NTFS Partition 98 GB Healthy Boot

DISKPART> extend

DiskPart failed to extend the volume.
Please make sure the volume is valid for extending.


any Ideea how to skip this?

 
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philo
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      01-20-2008

"Sergiu DUDNIC" <> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> Help me resize the boot or system partition.
> The situation is the folowing:
> __________________________________________________ ______
> D(22 sys prim) { E(161 log) | C(98 boot log) | FREE(91) }
>
> {} - extended
> sys - system
> prim - primary
> log - logical
> boot - bootable
>
> Desired actions:
> kill D, extend E (+91 from FREE, +22 from D)
>
> __________________________________________________ ______
> log of actions:
>
> DISKPART> list disk
>
> Disk ### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
> -------- ---------- ------- ------- --- ---
> * Disk 0 Online 373 GB 91 GB
>
> DISKPART> list partition
>
> Partition ### Type Size Offset
> ------------- ---------------- ------- -------
> Partition 1 Primary 22 GB 1024 KB
> Partition 0 Extended 350 GB 22 GB
> * Partition 2 Logical 161 GB 22 GB
> Partition 3 Logical 98 GB 184 GB
>
> DISKPART> list volume
>
> Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status

Info
> ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- ---

-----
> Volume 0 G DVD-ROM 0 B No Media
> Volume 1 F RAW DVD-ROM 577 MB Healthy
> Volume 2 D NTFS Partition 22 GB Healthy
> System
> * Volume 3 E NTFS Partition 161 GB Healthy
> Volume 4 C NTFS Partition 98 GB Healthy

Boot
>
> DISKPART> extend
>
> DiskPart failed to extend the volume.
> Please make sure the volume is valid for extending.
>
>
> any Ideea how to skip this?
>


Why use a 3rd party utility?
I'd just use disk management


 
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