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Extending partition size in W2000 Server

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we have added 3 new HD's to our Dell Power Edge 2600 running W2000 Server SP4, for a total of 6 @36Gb each, with current PERC4/dI RAID partitioned on the three pre-existing drives as as "C:" & "D:" . The new drives are powered up and online but I don't know how to extend either partition to use the new space available. I tried Dell's suggestion of using partdisk.exe, downloaded from MS web site, but it won't run from command line; just flashes and goes away.
Help is needed and appreciated here.

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by dwrandolph

Not familiar with PERC, but have done it on a Compaq Proliant using the integrated Smart Array controller. Started with 2 disks Raid0 as C:, 3 Raid5 as E:. Added a disk to the chassis, told the controller to add it to the Raid5 "volume", waited for the controller to finish rebuilding all the stripes. Windows Disk Manager then saw the "physical disk" reported by the controller as larger with the original sized E: partition. Ran DISKPART to extend E: to the rest of the "physical disk".

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