Suehf
This MS Knowledge Base article explains why it doesn't work:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=225551
You have two options. Copy the files from disk 1 to disk 2, delete the
volume on disk 1, create a new volume on disk 1 while it is dynamic, copy
the files back, delete the volume on disk 2, convert to dynamic, and then
extend. The other option would be to mount disk 2 as a folder on disk 1, as
this article describes:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=314449
Best regards
Bjorn
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Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)
"Suehf" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>Windows 2000 Server SP4
>Drive 0 - System
>Drive 1 - Data
>Drive 2 - New Drive
>
>My data drive is running short on space. I installed a third drive thinking
>I could extend Drive 1 to the new drive. I Upgraded Drive 1 to a Dynamic
>disk. Within Disk Management when I right click on the drive and select
>"Extend the Volume" I get and error "the selected volume was originally
>created on a basic disk and cannot be extedned. Only volumes originally on
>dynamic disks can be extedned."
>If I click on the Drive I on the left side I have the option of creating a
>volume. Am I missing something here? I would really like to extend this
>drive to the new drive but am not sure how to approach this.
>
>Thanks in advance for any help.
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