Question : Problem: Extend array within windows 2000

i have a windows 2000server  with 3  x 36.4gb drives, they are all in Raid 5 and showing as 1 logical drive however i only have 2 gb left of storage space,

i want to put 2 more 36.4gb drives in the array and extend the current drive system,
i put one of the disks in and rebooted my server

when i went into the compaq system tools\compaq array configuration utility it flashes up un assigned physical drives , it gives me the option of extend so i chose next, then it said the it may not be supported within windows 2000.

my question is, How can i extend this to show the 5 disks as one logical drive?

this is queit urgent as i have over 20gb of data thats needs to go this server asap

thanks

Darren Jacklin

Answer : Problem: Extend array within windows 2000

Expansion is dangerous with dynamic disks unless you have the very latest firmware, that's what the warning means:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=PSD_EM000915_CW01

There should be no need to reboot your server after expanding the array, just use the extra space as another logical array and then use disk manager to make a new drive under windows. You can make a volume set with it if you want but normally just have it as another drive.