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    Solved Managing Partitions, Server 2012

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      Alex Sage
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      2015-07-24 09_12_55-Remote Desktop Manager [RFUS9].png

      Here is what it looks like after I extended the D drive.

      Still need to remove the partition on the front of the drive.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller
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        Is it that the deletion process just is not working and it does nothing?

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          Alex Sage @scottalanmiller
          last edited by

          @scottalanmiller No, I can delete them no problem.

          The problem is that the free space is on the front of the drive. So the partition has to be moved to the beginning of the drive, then expanded.

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          • DashrenderD
            Dashrender @Alex Sage
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            @anonymous said:

            @scottalanmiller No, I can delete them no problem.

            The problem is that the free space is on the front of the drive. So the partition has to be moved to the beginning of the drive, then expanded.

            Is that a problem with the way windows deals with expanding? I know many other tools don't care and can move the partition anywhere you want to put it - of course you want rock solid backups first.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
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              @anonymous said:

              @scottalanmiller No, I can delete them no problem.

              The problem is that the free space is on the front of the drive. So the partition has to be moved to the beginning of the drive, then expanded.

              I don't think that the partition can be expanded forward. I believe that that is a limitation in the Windows volume manager. Expanding forward is a lot more technically complicated than just expanding.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                @Dashrender said:

                @anonymous said:

                @scottalanmiller No, I can delete them no problem.

                The problem is that the free space is on the front of the drive. So the partition has to be moved to the beginning of the drive, then expanded.

                Is that a problem with the way windows deals with expanding? I know many other tools don't care and can move the partition anywhere you want to put it - of course you want rock solid backups first.

                Moving the partition while retaining the filesystem?

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
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                  What about just taking a backup and restoring?

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                    A Former User @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller said:

                    What about just taking a backup and restoring?

                    That's what I'd do.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
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                      This is just data, right? It's not the booting partition?

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                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said:

                        @Dashrender said:

                        @anonymous said:

                        @scottalanmiller No, I can delete them no problem.

                        The problem is that the free space is on the front of the drive. So the partition has to be moved to the beginning of the drive, then expanded.

                        Is that a problem with the way windows deals with expanding? I know many other tools don't care and can move the partition anywhere you want to put it - of course you want rock solid backups first.

                        Moving the partition while retaining the filesystem?

                        Yes, Acronis Disk Manager can do this (or at least could in the past). Though I see he has Dynamic Disks, it might not work with them.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                          @Dashrender you have to have Dynamic Disks to do this in Windows using MS tools.

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller said:

                            @Dashrender you have to have Dynamic Disks to do this in Windows using MS tools.

                            Sure, but you don't when using third party tools. Again, I haven't done it in 4+ years, so I don't know what Acronis can currently do.

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