Title

Resizing a Partition on Microsoft Windows

Description 

If the capacity of a virtual drive has been increased; once the reconstruction has successfully completed, then it will be necessary to resize existing partitions before the operating system can utilize the additional space.

Product 

• Microsoft Windows
• exacqVision Server

Overview

• Restart the NVR
• Stop exacqVision Server Service
• Launch Disk Management
• Resize the partition
• Start the  exacqVision Server Service
• Check storage, previously recorded and new video

Restart the NVR

• Click the Windows Icon, the Power Icon, then choose Restart, the NVR will restart

Stop exacqVision Server Service

• Press Windows Key + R, the run box will open, type services.msc, click OK , the Services window will appear
• Locate and right-click on exacqVision Server, select Stop, a service control window will briefly appear then close once the service is stopped
• Leave the Services Window open

Disk Management

• Press Windows Key + R, the run box will open, type diskmgmt.msc, click OK, the Disk Management window will appear

• The Virtual Disk should show both the Primary Partition “Original Space” and Unallocated “New Space”
• Right-Click on the Virtual Disks Primary Partition, a context window will appear

• Select Extend Volume… , the Extend Volume Wizard will launch, click Next to continue

• Select the Disk to use space from and the amount of space in MB to extend, click Next
• Note: By default, the correct source and maximum available space should already be chosen.

• Review the proposed settings and click Back to modify, Finish to apply, or Cancel to abort, the wizard will close

• The Virtual Disk should now only have a single partition and show the new storage capacity
• Close Disk Management

Start exacqVision Server Service

• Open  the Services window used previously
• Locate and right-click on exacqVision Server, select Start, a service control window will briefly appear then close once the service is started
• Close Services

exacqVision Client

• Open the exacqVision Client
• Navigate to the Drive Tab (Configuration > YOURSERVER >  Storage)
• Verify the Capacity reported is correct and the status is Healthy
• Search for previously recorded video 
• Verify current video is being recorded 

Congratulations the partition has been successfully expanded