This hotfix includes a new Diskpart.exe utility command (
extend filesystem) that you can use to extend the file system only. After you install the hotfix, to extend the file system only, type the following commands at the Diskpart prompt:
DISKPART> select volume #
Where # is the NTFS volume number of the volume where you want to extend the file system.
DISKPART> extend filesystem
Note The
extend filesystem command is not currently documented in the Diskpart.exe Help file.
For example, the following Chkdsk utility output shows that the volume size for drive E: is 1 gigabyte (GB), but the Diskpart.exe utility shows the partition size as 2 GB:
C:\>chkdsk e:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is DATA_VOL.
WARNING! F parameter not specified.
Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.
CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
File verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
Index verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)...
Security descriptor verification completed.
Windows has checked the file system and found no problem. 1020095 KB total disk space.
20 KB in 1 files.
4 KB in 9 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
7710 KB in use by the system.
7152 KB occupied by the log file.
1012361 KB available on disk.
1024 bytes in each allocation unit.
1020095 total allocation units on disk.
1012361 allocation units available on disk.
Microsoft DiskPart version 5.1.3564
Copyright (C) 1999-2003 Microsoft Corporation.
On computer: MYSERVER
DISKPART> list volume
Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info
---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- --------
Volume 0 D Removable 27 PB
Volume 1 E DATA_VOL NTFS Partition 2000 MB Healthy
Volume 2 C Windows NTFS Partition 4001 MB Healthy SystemThe Diskpart utility's
extend filesystem command extends the file system on the volume.
DISKPART> select volume 1
DISKPART> extend filesystem
DiskPart successfully extended the file system on the volume.
DISKPART> exit
Leaving DiskPart...
After the
extend filesystem command is used to extend the file system, the Chkdsk utility now shows the corrected new volume size of 2 GB:
C:\>chkdsk e:
The type of the file system is NTFS.
Volume label is DATA_VOL.
WARNING! F parameter not specified.
Running CHKDSK in read-only mode.
CHKDSK is verifying files (stage 1 of 3)...
File verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying indexes (stage 2 of 3)...
Index verification completed.
CHKDSK is verifying security descriptors (stage 3 of 3)...
Security descriptor verification completed.
Windows has checked the file system and found no problem.
2047999 KB total disk space.
20 KB in 1 files.
4 KB in 9 indexes.
0 KB in bad sectors.
7835 KB in use by the system.
7152 KB occupied by the log file.
2040140 KB available on disk.
1024 bytes in each allocation unit.
2047999 total allocation units on disk.
2040140 allocation units available on disk.
The extended volume size also appears correctly if you view the properties of the volume in My Computer and in the Disk Management snap-in.
For additional information about how to prevent this issue in Windows 2000, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
329826
Extending NTFS Volume Fails but Appears to Be Successful
For additional information about the Diskpart.exe utility, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
300415
A Description of the Diskpart Command-Line Utility
325590 How to Use Diskpart.exe to Extend a Data Volume
For additional information about how hotfix packages are named, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
816915
New File Naming Schema for Microsoft Windows Software Update Packages
For additional information about the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
824684
Description of the Standard Terminology That Is Used to Describe Microsoft Software Updates