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I have a HP/Compaq Proliant ML350 w/ 3 drives set for RAID 5. I just added a 4th drive and used the HP Array utility to expand the array. The array expansion finished; however, the HP utility still shows the disk as a separate "logical" drive ("drive 1") and the original array as "drive 0". In Windows 2003, before I added the new drive I had one BASIC disk (disk 0) and two partitions: c: (system drive) and d: (data and apps) When I access the disk management utilities in Windows I now see a new BASIC disk (disk 1) with unallocated space. However, it seems that my only option with the new space is to create a new partition on disk 1. Instead, what I really want to do is add this additional capacity to each of the partitions on disk 0. What am I doing wrong? How do I have this unallocated space be part of the same partition? From previous posts it seems that the diskpart utility might do the trick, but somehow I first need Windows to recognize the unallocated space as part of disk 0, not a separate disk.

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1) Microsoft's statement as documented here: How to use Diskpart.exe to extend a data volume in Windows Server 2003, in Windows XP, and in Windows 2000
2) Yes, but you need the Server version of any utility you decide to use.
3) No, the second partition must be removed. In order to expand the first partition there cannot be a start of a second partition on that drive (array).

No, not in this instance. Since the OS has the partition info, the hardware controller has no knowledge of it. In order to move the end of the first partition (increase the size) the start point of the second partition must be removed - therefore, effectively removing that partition.