Windows Server 2016 Standard

Question

Hi,

On my Windows Server 2019 i have 3 disc.

On first i have system.
On second shares
Third is not used.

I want to extend space partition on second disc, it is possible but when I try to do it system asking me about convert disc 2 with my data and 3 from simple to dynamic.
I worrying about my data, I won't lose it. It is safe or I have to move this data to another location ?

Thanks,

Answer 1

Hi,

You can convert your disk from basic to dynamic without losing your data. But it is highly recommended that you perform a full backup of the hard disk before making any changes to your partitions.

If you want to change a dynamic disk back to a basic disk, you will need to permanently erasing all data on the disk.

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Answer 2

Hi @Wojciech Szczepek ,

You can convert your disk from basic to dynamic without losing your data, note that you should always ensure your backups are maintained and up to date before doing such critical operations.

For more information, see:

Change a Basic Disk into a Dynamic Disk
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2008-R2-and-2008/cc731274(v=ws.11)

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Leon

Answer 3

This is a virtual machine on Esxi 6.5.

It's enough to just do snapshot ?

And when operation make some undesirable things just recover state of this machine from last snap ?