EXTENDING WIN2K3 OS DRIVE
We’re in
the middle of a VMware migration from 3.5 to 4. Some of the older VMs
have small C drives, and since Microsoft loves to release tons of patches,
they’re running out of space.
In the
past you could shut the VM off, attach the OS drive as an extra HD to another
VM, increase the space and then use diskpart to extend it. With VM
Hardware v.7, it’s much easier!
1) Edit
the VM’s settings to increase the disk size
2) Copy
ExtPart to the VM and double-click to extract. Default path is
C:\Dell\ExtPart\
3) Check
the Partitions before:
4) From a
command-prompt, change to the ExtPart directory
5) Run
extpart.exe
6) Enter
in the disk you want to extend in lower-case, i.e., c:
7)
Specify in MB of the amount of space you want to ADD, not the final total
8) Check
partitions after
9) That’s
all!
*note:
your partition in “Disk Management” will look funny until you quit and
re-open Disk Managment:
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