Extending a File System Partition for Windows XP

G

Guest

Hi,

I am trying to extend the capacity of my File System Partition (C Drive).

I have tried to use the [extend] function in DiskPart, but it keeps saying:
DiskPart failed to extend the volume.
Please make sure the volume is valid for extending.

It is a Basic disk (not dynamic) and I have read somewhere that you can't
extend the filesystem, but then read in numerous other places that you can
with FSEXTEND.EXE.

I have tried to find this file but can't obtain it, and everyone says that
they have tried to get it from Microsoft but that they don't know anything
about it.

Can anyone help me with this, as when I purchased my computer it was split
into two partitions and the file system is very small compared to the other
partition.

The file system is NTFS

Thanks in advance for any help on this.

Kind Regards,

Grant.
 
K

Kerry Brown

You can't extend the system partition with the built in tools in XP. You
need third party software.
 
G

Guest

Hi Kerry,

Thanks for your quick reply.

Do you have any suggestions on any third party solutions (preferrable free,
but any suggestions would do)

Kind Regards,

Grant.

Kerry Brown said:
You can't extend the system partition with the built in tools in XP. You
need third party software.

--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
www.VistaHelp.ca

Hi,

I am trying to extend the capacity of my File System Partition (C
Drive).

I have tried to use the [extend] function in DiskPart, but it keeps
saying: DiskPart failed to extend the volume.
Please make sure the volume is valid for extending.

It is a Basic disk (not dynamic) and I have read somewhere that you
can't extend the filesystem, but then read in numerous other places
that you can with FSEXTEND.EXE.

I have tried to find this file but can't obtain it, and everyone says
that they have tried to get it from Microsoft but that they don't
know anything about it.

Can anyone help me with this, as when I purchased my computer it was
split into two partitions and the file system is very small compared
to the other partition.

The file system is NTFS

Thanks in advance for any help on this.

Kind Regards,

Grant.
 
G

Guest

Hi Kerry,

I got this information from the internet.

This hotfix includes a new Diskpart.exe utility command (extend filesystem)
that you can use to extend the file system only. After you install the
hotfix, to extend the file system only, type the following commands at the
Diskpart prompt:

DISKPART> select volume #

Where # is the NTFS volume number of the volume where you want to extend the
file system.

DISKPART> extend filesystem

I got it from: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;832316

It seems (from a number of people's responses) that this works quite well.

I just can't obtain the FSEXTEND.EXE file which is the hotfix.

Kind Regards,

Grant.

Kerry Brown said:
You can't extend the system partition with the built in tools in XP. You
need third party software.

--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
www.VistaHelp.ca

Hi,

I am trying to extend the capacity of my File System Partition (C
Drive).

I have tried to use the [extend] function in DiskPart, but it keeps
saying: DiskPart failed to extend the volume.
Please make sure the volume is valid for extending.

It is a Basic disk (not dynamic) and I have read somewhere that you
can't extend the filesystem, but then read in numerous other places
that you can with FSEXTEND.EXE.

I have tried to find this file but can't obtain it, and everyone says
that they have tried to get it from Microsoft but that they don't
know anything about it.

Can anyone help me with this, as when I purchased my computer it was
split into two partitions and the file system is very small compared
to the other partition.

The file system is NTFS

Thanks in advance for any help on this.

Kind Regards,

Grant.
 
K

Kerry Brown

You can't extend the system volume other than by mounting another volume to
a specific folder. Here's a Google search for software that is able to do
this. Make sure you have a backup of all partitions before attempting this.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=XP+free+partition+editor&btnG=Google+Search

--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
www.VistaHelp.ca

Hi Kerry,

I got this information from the internet.

This hotfix includes a new Diskpart.exe utility command (extend
filesystem) that you can use to extend the file system only. After
you install the hotfix, to extend the file system only, type the
following commands at the Diskpart prompt:

DISKPART> select volume #

Where # is the NTFS volume number of the volume where you want to
extend the file system.

DISKPART> extend filesystem

I got it from:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;832316

It seems (from a number of people's responses) that this works quite
well.

I just can't obtain the FSEXTEND.EXE file which is the hotfix.

Kind Regards,

Grant.

Kerry Brown said:
You can't extend the system partition with the built in tools in XP.
You need third party software.

--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
www.VistaHelp.ca

Hi,

I am trying to extend the capacity of my File System Partition (C
Drive).

I have tried to use the [extend] function in DiskPart, but it keeps
saying: DiskPart failed to extend the volume.
Please make sure the volume is valid for extending.

It is a Basic disk (not dynamic) and I have read somewhere that you
can't extend the filesystem, but then read in numerous other places
that you can with FSEXTEND.EXE.

I have tried to find this file but can't obtain it, and everyone
says that they have tried to get it from Microsoft but that they
don't know anything about it.

Can anyone help me with this, as when I purchased my computer it was
split into two partitions and the file system is very small compared
to the other partition.

The file system is NTFS

Thanks in advance for any help on this.

Kind Regards,

Grant.
 
K

Ken Blake, MVP

Grant said:
I am trying to extend the capacity of my File System Partition (C
Drive).

I have tried to use the [extend] function in DiskPart, but it keeps
saying: DiskPart failed to extend the volume.
Please make sure the volume is valid for extending.

It is a Basic disk (not dynamic) and I have read somewhere that you
can't extend the filesystem,


That's correct. Unfortunately, no version of Windows provides any way of
changing the existing partition structure of the drive nondestructively. The
only way to do what you want is with third-party software. Partition Magic
is the best-known such program, but there are freeware/shareware
alternatives. One such program is BootIt Next Generation. It's shareware,
but comes with a free 30-day trial, so you should be able to do what you
want within that 30 days. I haven't used it myself (because I've never
needed to use *any* such program), but it comes highly recommended by
several other MVPs here.

Whatever software you use, make sure you have a good backup before
beginning. Although there's no reason to expect a problem, things *can* go
wrong.
 
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Today, =?Utf-8?B?R3JhbnQ=?= made these interesting comments ...
Hi Kerry,

Thanks for your quick reply.

Do you have any suggestions on any third party solutions
(preferrable free, but any suggestions would do)

Partition Magic or Partition Commander, both about $100. I
understand the concept of "free" but I have never understood
someone wanting to risk their entire system and all of their
data, not to mention days and days of re-setup time on somebody's
freeware, but then, that's my view, YMMD
Kind Regards,

Grant.

Kerry Brown said:
You can't extend the system partition with the built in tools
in XP. You need third party software.

--
Kerry
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User www.VistaHelp.ca

Hi,

I am trying to extend the capacity of my File System
Partition (C Drive).

I have tried to use the [extend] function in DiskPart, but
it keeps saying: DiskPart failed to extend the volume.
Please make sure the volume is valid for extending.

It is a Basic disk (not dynamic) and I have read somewhere
that you can't extend the filesystem, but then read in
numerous other places that you can with FSEXTEND.EXE.

I have tried to find this file but can't obtain it, and
everyone says that they have tried to get it from Microsoft
but that they don't know anything about it.

Can anyone help me with this, as when I purchased my
computer it was split into two partitions and the file
system is very small compared to the other partition.

The file system is NTFS

Thanks in advance for any help on this.

Kind Regards,

Grant.
 
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Extend dystem partition without data loss

You can't extend the system partition with the built in tools in XP. You
need third party software.


There is a FREE partition software that help to extend the partition easily and safely. It also do not need a reboot with on your NTFS partition. Here is the detailed solution.

http://www.partition-tool.com/easeu...tend-ntfs-system-partition-without-reboot.htm

By the way, it is also useful when you want to backup data, upgrade a small disk to a larger one and transfer data, etc.
 

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