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Appendix A File System
Expansion for Windows
Overview
This appendix describes the procedures needed with Microsoft Windows for expanding file
systems that have been created on volumes that have increased in size, while preserving all of
your existing data. After you have added more hard disk drives to increase the storage capacity
of a BIG volume, you must use the supplemental procedure described below to allow the
expanded capacity to be recognized by the Windows file system.
A command-line utility named "Diskpart.exe" ("Disk Partition") enables you to manage hard
disk partitions and volumes. This utility is included as part of Windows XP Professional
Edition, Windows 2003 Server and Windows Vista. For Windows 2000 or Windows XP Home
Edition, you must download the "
diskpart" utility from Microsoft's website.
Additional third-party products (such as Norton Partition Magic) are available to perform similar
volume management activities, but those products are very sophisticated and are not included in
this manual.
Procedure
Before you can use DiskPart.exe commands on a hard drive disk partition/volume, you must first
list and then select the partition/volume to extend their capacity to match the virtual hard drives
created in the SteelVine Manager GUI.
1. Open a command prompt window by clicking Start Æ Run, then entering "cmd"
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