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How do you distribute disk space in NT?

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I have a Compaq ML370 running a Raid5 array. My OS is NT 4 Server SP6. I just added a new 18.2 gb drive. I've configured it as a second logical drive. How can I take its unused disk space and add it to my existing C and D drives, increasing their free space? Is this possible? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks. :)

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by bmccool

Unfortunately unlike Netware, NT makes it hard to add to volumes.
I would recommend using Partition Magic V7 , AFTER a clean full backup of course.
If the RAID Array is hardware controlled you?ll need to use the RAID Controller SW to add the disk to the array prior to adding the space to the volumes.
As long as you?re doing the expansion on the system partition (C:) add a little extra.
Backup, Backup, Backup.

by shanghai sam

If you are using hardware RAID, once you add the new drive to your RAID array (using the utilities that came with your RAID controller), you should see the extra unformatted space in Disk Administrator. If you are not adding it to the RAID5 array, you'll see it, of course, as a totally separate disk. If you already have a volume set defined, you should be able to add the space from the new disk to that volume set by highlighting the current volume set and the new free space together and clicking Partition/Extend Volume Set. By the way, they have to be NTFS formatted not FAT. If you don't already have a volume set defined, I don't think you will be able to create a volume set by combining the new, unpartitioned space with an already partitioned and formatted volume. In that case, you simply have to format it as a separate volume, or use some 3rd party software like Partition Magic to resize your partitions. Hope this helps!

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