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== Extending a Partition Using Disk Management ==
In addition to shrinking partitions, the Disk Management interface also provides the ability to extend a partition to make use of otherwise unallocated free space on a disk. To extend a volume, right click on the volume in the graphical view of the Disk Management screen and select Extend Volume... to invoke the Extend Volume Wizard. Click Next on the welcome screen to proceed to the disk selection process shown below:
The above screen lists any disks which are available to assign space to the partition being extended. In the case of dynamic disks, space may be allocated from any disks available on the system. In the case of basic disks only space from the current disk are available. Since this is a basic disk the current disk drive is already placed in the Selected column. Define the amount of space to use for the volume extension using the Select the amount of space in MB field. If the Next button is disabled it means that more space has been requested than is available on the disk. Reduce the size of the space until the Next button is enabled and click on it to proceed to the summary screen. Assuming the summary matches the requirements of the extension click on Finish to extend the volume.
== Extending a Partition from the Command Line ==
