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Extending an NTFS partition

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by dawood

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Is there a way to extend an NTFS partition that has the NT Server 4.0 OS installed. Disk Administrator errors saying you can't do this but I'm unable to locate any documentation that says you can't do this.

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by jeanfrancois.sardonarraz

Woth only NT, there is no way to extends an NTFS partition. But :
1/ you can create another NTFS partition (on free space or another disk) and create an 'agregat of partition (sorry I don't know the english word of agregat'

2/ You can buy Powerquest Partition Magic, it can extend or shrink any partition.
(not on-line)

3/ Veritas Volume Manager is great but very expensive (il work on line)

4/ ADAPTEC cards PERC Array (DELL) can expand the RAID size AND the NTFS (I've already use IT).Use the 'FAST' monitor

by antony_k

The only way is to use 3rd party utilities like Partition Magic or something...
It really works, but anyway - dont forget to back up your server before using this kind of utilities.

by vue

Answer #1 and #2 are correct, use a third party software. My point is, can't extend an partittion if there is no more space on the hard drive. If your hd is 8 gb, can't expend or extend to be 16 gb. Good luck.

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