Hello There,
I have File Print Server running Windows Server 2008 Std SP2. Server has 2 basic disks"Disk 0" (RAID-1) and "Disk 1" (RAID-5).
On "Disk 0" I have used all available space for "System (C:)" volume, which is from where the server boot.
On "Disk 1" I currently have 3 simple volumes (primary partitions) D: (408GB), F: (250GB) and S: (24GB), on all of which I have simple file structures (shared to users). I shrinked 150GB from
F. This Space is allocated at the moment. As i am running out space on D drive ( last 3GB is being utilized at the moment) and I want to extend D drive with this 150GB unallocated space. These
volumes where created in that order (D:, then E: and finally S:).
I thus (in Disk Management) select the volume, right-click and select "Extend Volume".
This brings up the "Extend Volume Wizard", I click Next> enters the amount of space in MB (e.g. 157038), click Finish.
I then get a "Disk Management" warning stating:
"The operation you selected will convert the selected basic disk(s) to dynamic disk(s).
If you convert the disk(s) to dynamic, you will not be able to start installed operating systems
from any volume on the disk(s) (except the current boot volume). Are you sure you want to continue?:
A. Can I be absolutely certain this does not impair the service/functionality of the server, i.e. that it continues to function, booting it's OS from C: as well as maintaining is file structures? because
i stated above, I have shared folders mapped to users from this D drive... and i don't want to lose any data.