P2V. Server 2003 R2 w / extended drives

I P2V had an instance of Server 2003 R2 and in VMware converter I had develop three volumes:

C - system

D data

E - newspapers

When that I start the VM, my computer won't display the D drive was correctly extended. C and E kept their original storage space.

When I open the Disk Manager, it shows that all three have been extended.

In Diskpart, it also shows that all three have been extended.

Can someone point me in the right direction to get the other two correctly extended?

It's weird... it usually works very well.

If the converter doesn't do the trick for some reason, perhaps a workaround might be a good solution here. If your converter does not work properly with any machine, then maybe another instance of converter can help you.

If a workaround is a valid option, here are some links on how to expand the sizes of disks (legacy OS boot partitions are a bit special)

http://blog.petecheslock.com/2009/04/07/how-to-extend-Windows-boot-volumes-in-VMware/

http://vSphere-land.com/tips-tricks/re-sizing-virtual-disks

http://vSphere-land.com/tips-tricks/re-sizing-virtual-disks

Good luck

elgreco81

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