Disk Management: Storage Services; File and Storage Services

Updated: January 21, 2005

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Disk Management

You use Disk Management in Windows XP Professional and Windows Server 2003 operating systems to perform disk-related tasks, such as creating and formatting partitions and volumes, and assigning drive letters. On computers running Windows Server 2003 operating systems, you can also use Disk Management to perform advanced tasks, such as creating and repairing fault tolerant volumes. In addition, you can use the DiskPart command, along with other command-line utilities, to perform Disk Management tasks. For information about Disk Management-related command-line utilities, see Managing disks and volumes from the command line.

Checklist: Adding a new disk.
To find features that have been moved from where they were located in previous versions of Windows, see New ways to do familiar tasks for Disk Management.
For tips about using Disk Management, see Best practices for Disk Management.
For help with specific tasks, see Disk Managment How To....
For general background information, see Disk Management Concepts.
For problem-solving instructions, see Troubleshooting Disk Management.

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Hard Drive Help

cregiver ... paplov | Edit | Show History

One of my hard drives has gone missing. It was working fine until I tried installing an aditional one.

Now I can only find it in the Disk Management application and it appears to be unallocated. How can I get it to be recognized again without loosing all my files?

[tfl - 15 12 08] You should post questions like this to the Technet Forums at http://forums.microsoft.com/technet or the MS Newsgroups at http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/. You are much more likely get a quick response using the forums than through the Community Content.
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paplov ... Thomas Lee | Edit | Show History

i install one hard drive the computer accept but i can find it only in the disk management aplication and it appears to be unallocated.How can i get to be recognized

[tfl - 24 08 09] Hi - and thanks for your post.You should post questions like this to the Technet Forums at http://forums.microsoft.com/technet or the MS Newsgroups at

http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/. You are much more likely get a quick response using the forums than through the Community Content. For specific help about:
Exchange : http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?sel=usenet%3Dmicrosoft.public.exchange%2C&
SQL Server : http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?sel=usenet%3Dmicrosoft.public.sqlserver%2C&
Windows : http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?sel=usenet%3Dmicrosoft.public.windows%2C&
Windows Server : http://groups.google.com/groups/dir?sel=usenet%3Dmicrosoft.public.windows.server%2C&
Virtual Server : http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.virtualserver/topics?lnk
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Format problem

AllOn ... Thomas Lee | Edit | Show History

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C and D drive space issues

wildburl2 | Edit | Show History

I am running Vista Ultimate and have partion drive C and D. My C has 29GB of space and I am running out, My D has 170GB of free space. How can I take from D and give to C or can't I do that.

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accidental volume delete

venny | Edit | Show History

i hit delete volume by mistake in computer management. the program is still running and i've done nothing since. is there a way to undo the delete or recover the data????

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