Adding new hard disk

[Nikhil]

I recently bought a new hard disk. I have C: and D: as existing
partitions.
Instead of creating new partition for new disk, I want d: partition to
be extended to use new disk.
is there any way to achieve this? i am using WinXp Prof Sp2.
I am ok if approach requires deletion of d: drive.

Regards,
Nikhil

 

[dB]

The new hd will get
a letter assigned to it.

For argument sake
lets say it will be "e"

So first create the
new partition on the
new hd and it may be
assigned as "e" by your o.s..

Then move everything
from d into e,

then delete d,

and then extend c .

As d will no longer
exist, the system will enumerate
the "e" as "d"

Depending on the hardware you
already have but not indicated in
this posting, you may have to
manually assign the drive letter
via the disk management console.



I recently bought a new hard disk. I have C: and D: as existing
partitions.
Instead of creating new partition for new disk, I want d: partition to
be extended to use new disk.
is there any way to achieve this? i am using WinXp Prof Sp2.
I am ok if approach requires deletion of d: drive.

Regards,
Nikhil

 

[Tim Slattery]

I recently bought a new hard disk. I have C: and D: as existing
partitions.
Instead of creating new partition for new disk, I want d: partition to
be extended to use new disk.
is there any way to achieve this? i am using WinXp Prof Sp2.
I am ok if approach requires deletion of d: drive.

You want to end up with a single partition (D that contains the
current D: plus space on the new disk? Cant be done.

A partition is part of a physical disk. That "part" can cover the
entire disk. A partition cannot span disks.

 

[Bob I]

How To Use Disk Management to Configure Dynamic Disks in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308424/en-us

 

[Nikhil]

Thanks a lot for the answers.

It looks like it be done if hard disk is converted as dynamic disk. The
new hard disk can be converted to dynamic disk easily.
But my doubt is whether I can convert existing disk with OS installed
on it, can be converted to dynamic disk?

If this is possible, then a single spanned partition can be created on
both dynamic disks.

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Nikhil