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Expanding a Big Storage partition on a Windows VPS?

You can expand your Big Storage at any time (to a limit of 40TB per Big Storage). If you want to expand your existing Big Storage, you first expand the Big Storage from within your control panel.

 

Step 1

Log in to your control panel and go to BladeVPS.


 

Step 2

Click the name of the VPS to which Big Storage is linked. Directly below your VPS console, click the gear next to 'Big Storage X TB'.

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Step 3

You are now taken to the management page of your Big Storage. Click 'Manage' at the top right and select 'Upgrade'.

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Step 4

You then expand your Big Storage by increasing the disk to the desired size with the 'plus' button. When you are finished, click 'Continue' and follow the indicated steps.

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Step 5

Windows Server will automatically add your extension. In the Server Manager, click Tools > Computer Management at the top right.

Then, through Storage> Disk Management, you will see that an Unallocated Volume has been added next to your current Disk. To expand your current Disk with this Unallocated Volume, right-click your current volume and choose Extend Volume. The system will open a Wizard in which the full extension is set to add by default. You only have to click Next and Finish.

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After completing the Wizard, the extension will be added to your current Disk. Please note that this only works for disks that have been partitioned using GPT. MBR has a limit of less than 4 TB, so you can only use a 2TB disk.


 

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