Comments on: Expand virtual machine boot volumes with no downtime http://blogs.kraftkennedy.com/index.php/2009/06/30/expand-virtual-machine-boot-volumes-with-no-downtime/ Trends and insight into legal technology, infrastructure and strategic thinking. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 15:42:45 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Matthew C. Evans http://blogs.kraftkennedy.com/index.php/2009/06/30/expand-virtual-machine-boot-volumes-with-no-downtime/comment-page-1/#comment-171 Matthew C. Evans Wed, 12 May 2010 14:24:23 +0000 http://blogs.kraftkennedy.com/?p=266#comment-171 I just tried to do this today with a Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit) VM running on vSphere and kept getting the following error when running: extpart c: 10245 The error was: Unable to connect to C: or it does not exist Based on some other postings it was recommended to reboot into Safe Mode (I had to use Safe Mode with Network to be able to authenticate on my particular server) and extpart then worked perfectly. I just tried to do this today with a Windows Server 2003 R2 (32-bit) VM running on vSphere and kept getting the following error when running:

extpart c: 10245

The error was:

Unable to connect to C: or it does not exist

Based on some other postings it was recommended to reboot into Safe Mode (I had to use Safe Mode with Network to be able to authenticate on my particular server) and extpart then worked perfectly.

]]> By: Sergio http://blogs.kraftkennedy.com/index.php/2009/06/30/expand-virtual-machine-boot-volumes-with-no-downtime/comment-page-1/#comment-46 Sergio Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:10:03 +0000 http://blogs.kraftkennedy.com/?p=266#comment-46 Great step by step...works like a charm! Great step by step…works like a charm!

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