Extended disk incorrect free space
Posted: 10 Apr 2012, 15:18
I was adding a extra disk to an already extended volume in Windows 2008 R2 server and I opted to the extend which Windows reported reported a upgrade the disk to Dynamic was required first, I usually do this step manually but on this occassion I thought what could possibily go wrong. Big mistake!
The original disk was 1 x 256GB and 1 x 100GB extended to give a total of 356GB space. At this point I had 72GB free space. I then added a 3rd 256GB and exended the volume expecting free space would be 328GB, but windows only managed to set the disk to dynamic, add the disk as a extended volume and then error with a command failed message. My free space is still 72GB free.
Running a chkdsk /f hasn\'t helped, would using testdisk repair the issue?
The original disk was 1 x 256GB and 1 x 100GB extended to give a total of 356GB space. At this point I had 72GB free space. I then added a 3rd 256GB and exended the volume expecting free space would be 328GB, but windows only managed to set the disk to dynamic, add the disk as a extended volume and then error with a command failed message. My free space is still 72GB free.
Running a chkdsk /f hasn\'t helped, would using testdisk repair the issue?