If you have no unallocated space, then the only
way to create a new volume is to either delete or reduce (shrink) the size of an existing
one. Therefore, start out looking at deleting and shrinking volumes, then adding and extending
volumes, formatting them, adding logical drives, and changing drive letters.
TIP Free space is the amount of space available to create logical drives from extended partitions.
Unallocated space is space that is not allocated to anything.
CAUTION Deleting a volume and then formatting it eliminates all information in the volume. Be very
sure you want to do this before you execute the commands.
Delete Volumes
To delete a volume, as with the rest of the partitioning and formatting functions, you should
have the Disk Management pane
open. Right-click the volume to be
deleted and click Delete Volume. You
are warned that all data will be lost.
Click Yes if you are sure you want to
do that. The volume is deleted and
the space it used is unallocated.
Shrink Volumes
The ability to directly shrink and expand volumes is new to Windows Server 2008. Rightclick
the volume to be shrunk and click Shrink Volume. Enter the amount of space to
shrink the volume, and click Shrink. It may take a few minutes to do the shrinking. When
it is completed, the space will be shown as unallocated.
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Add Simple Volumes
Adding a simple volume is a little more complex and has its own wizard.
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