How to manage the disk volumes of your Windows Server cloud server

All our Cloud servers with Windows operating system feature a custom disk partitioning structure, allowing you to easily decide, once your Windows Cloud server is created, whether you want your OS to have a single disk volume C:/ or if you also wish to have a second disk volume E:/

Below, we explain, for each Windows Operating System version available for your Cloud, the two methods so that your server has either a single disk volume C:/ or two disk volumes C:/ + E:/

Windows Server 2012 R2 Std 64

The original structure of the 80GB disk of your Cloud server with Windows Server 2012 is as follows:

A) Server with a single disk volume C:/

• Press the 'Windows + R' keys to open Run, type diskmgmt.msc and press the 'Enter' key.

• Once the Windows Disk Management is open, place the mouse over the C: disk drive, right-click with your mouse and, in the menu, click on the 'Extend Volume...' option

• In the extend volume wizard, click on the 'Next >' button

• In the 'Select disks' window, click on the 'Next >' button.

• In the following window, click on the 'Finish >' button.

• Then, you can verify how the C:/ disk volume has been extended and occupies all the available disk space of your Cloud server.

B) Server with a disk volume C:/ and a second disk volume E:/

• Press the 'Windows + R' keys to open Run, type diskmgmt.msc and press the 'Enter' key.

• Once the Windows Disk Management is open, place the mouse over the unallocated disk space, right-click with your mouse and, in the menu, click on the 'New Simple Volume...' option

• In the new simple volume wizard, click on the 'Next >' button

• In the 'Specify Volume Size' window, click on the 'Next >' button.

• In the 'Assign Drive Letter...' window, click on the 'Next >' button.

• In the 'Format Partition' window, click on the 'Next >' button.

• Then, accept the changes for the creation of the new volume by clicking the 'Finish' button

• Then, you can verify how a disk volume E:/ has been created and occupies all the available disk space of your Cloud server.

Windows 2016/2019 Standard 64

The original structure of the 80GB disk of your Cloud server with Windows Server 2016/2019 is as follows:

A) Server with a single disk volume C:/

• Press the 'Windows + R' keys to open Run, type diskmgmt.msc and press the 'Enter' key.

• Once the Windows Disk Management is open, place the mouse over the C: disk drive, right-click with your mouse and, in the menu, click on the 'Extend Volume...' option

• In the extend volume wizard, click on the 'Next >' button

• In the 'Select disks' window, click on the 'Next >' button.

• In the following window, click on the 'Finish >' button.

• Then, you can verify how the C:/ disk volume has been extended and occupies all the available disk space of your Cloud server.

B) Server with a disk volume C:/ and a second disk volume E:/

• Press the 'Windows + R' keys to open Run, type diskmgmt.msc and press the 'Enter' key.

• Once the Windows Disk Management is open, place the mouse over the unallocated disk space, right-click with your mouse and, in the menu, click on the 'New Simple Volume...' option

• In the new simple volume wizard, click on the 'Next >' button

• In the 'Specify Volume Size' window, click on the 'Next >' button.

• In the 'Assign Drive Letter...' window, click on the 'Next >' button.

• In the 'Format Partition' window, click on the 'Next >' button.

• Then, accept the changes for the creation of the new volume by clicking the 'Finish' button

• Then, you can verify how a disk volume E:/ has been created and occupies all the available disk space of your Cloud server.