Questions from Microsoft forum
Question 1: After being upgraded from 2003
to 2008 Server, my drive C was 20 GB which is dynamic disk. My C drive is now almost
full. I have plenty of space on other drives. I have not been able to find a tool to
allow me to shrink one of the other drives and extend my C.
Question 2: I have a Windows 2008 Server with a 500GB disk divided in two
partition disk C 50GB and E 450GB. Both are dynamic disks. I would like to expand C to
100GB and shrink E to 400GB. With Disk Management I can shrink E but in order to
expand C I need to move the E partition to the end of drive. Already tried with
GParted but it can't manage dynamic disk, is there another free software or I have
to buy something?
Choose a dynamic disk manager for Server
Have you encountered the same or similar questions above? Do you fail to increase or
adjust the dynamic disk system volume with built-in Disk Management in Windows 2008?
If so, you can find the solution in this article.
The Disk Management only
enables you to extend system volume on dynamic disk under certain conditions, for
example, there must be some unallocated space behind the system volume. If not, you
must generate some unallocated space by deleting the volume behind the system volume
with AOMEI Partition Assistant Server. This software offers a professional dynamic disk manager tool.
AOMEI Partition Assistant Server helps extend system volume on dynamic disk easily and
safely
With absolutely user-friendly interface, it is very simple to enjoy its features,
such as create, delete, format, resize, move, shrink, extend dynamic volume,
initialize disk, add drives to RAID, remove drives from RAID and convert dynamic
disk, etc. Besides, it supports all OSs including Windows 7/8/Vista/XP and Server
2003/2008(R2)/2011/2012(R2)/2016/2019.
Download the Demo version to have a try:
Step by step tutorial to extend dy;namic system volume for Windows Server
2008
Step 1: Launch AOMEI Partition Assistant Server, click the "Dynamic Disk". In the pop-out window, right-click G:
volume, and then select “Resize/Move Volume” in order to generate unallocated
space.

Step 2: In the pop-up window, drag the right slider leftwards to shrink G:
volume.

Step 3: On the same window, pull G: volume rightwards to set the
unallocated space behind system volume.

Step 4: Then, there will be unallocated space behind system volume, and G:
volume has been moved to disk. And right-click system volume and select “Resize/Move
Volume”

Step 5: In the pop-up window, drag the slider rightwards to extend system
volume.

Step 6: After step 5, you will find the system volume has been extended.
Click “Commit” on the toolbar to take all the pending operations into effect.

After the above operations, the system volume has been successfully extended
from 16.48 GB to 116 GB and you can store more useful and your favorite programs or
applications on it.
Final words
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