Likewise, each volume
has a volume number, starting with 0 (zero).
4. Regardless of the number of volumes on the drive, you??™ll have to tell
DiskPart which one to use, like this:
select volume 2
5. Now that you??™ve selected the partition to expand, go ahead and issue
this command:
extend
to extend the volume. The extend command takes no options and displays
no warning message or confirmation. The process begins immediately
after you press the Enter key, and should take only a few seconds.
6. When it??™s done, type exit to quit the DiskPart utility.
See Chapter 9 for more information on the Command Prompt.
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Unfortunately, Disk Director costs money, and if it??™s not something you??™re
going to use every day, you may be interested in a free, albeit less convenient,
solution. You can use QTParted, the partition editor that comes with
Linux. Now, you don??™t have to install Linux, but rather only boot off a
Linux Live CD like the one available at http://iso.linuxquestions.org/mepis/. It
supports NTFS as well as FAT32, and lets you freely resize partitions without
destorying data. (Of course, it??™s always wise to back up first.)
Different ways to mount a volume
As explained earlier in this section, a hard disk can have one partition or
many. Other types of storage devices, such as CD and DVD drives, can only
have a single partition. These partitions, regardless of the nature of the physical
device on which they??™re located, are all recognized as volumes by the
Disk Management tool and by Windows Explorer.
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