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Issue to have the extra partition

Peter_1985 2,666 Reputation points
2024-04-13T07:11:17.25+00:00

Hi,

Windows server was set up on the VM having 500 GB on C drive. The actual size of C drive is about 110 GB. I tried to have two separate drives like C drive (with 200 GB) and D drive (with 300 GB). But after I restore the whole Windows server, it is still with C drive (with 500 GB). Is there no way to make the extra D drive?

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  1. Ian Xue 36,751 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
    2024-04-16T03:04:37.68+00:00

    Hi Peter,

    Thanks for your post. Before moving on, can I know if the hypervisor Hyper-V or VMware? Generally speaking, in Hyper-V, add another new hard disk to the VM. Then, within the VM, open disk management and initialize, online, and format the newly added disk. You can then give it a drive letter and migrate any data from C that you want to it. Often the best way to do this is with robocopy, but it depends on what the data is. With that done, you should be able to go back to disk management and shrink the C drive. That should get you where you want to be.

    Best Regards,

    Ian Xue

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