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How To Increase The Volume Size In EC2 (Windows)

How To Increase The Volume Size In EC2 (Windows)

How To Increase The Volume Size In EC2 (Windows)

1. Login on AWS cloud console.

2. Click on Services > Compute > EC2 > EC2 Dashboard.

3. On the EC2 dashboard, click on Instance.

4. Select the instance.

AWS EC2 console showing a running instance

5. Go to the Storage tab.

AWS EC2 instance Storage tab showing root device details

6. Scroll down the Pane and click on Volume ID.

AWS EC2 volume ID and device name for an instance

7. Select the Volume and click on Action.

AWS EC2 Volumes list filtered to a single volume

8. Once you click on Action, a drop-down menu list will appear, select the option Modify Volume.

AWS EC2 Actions menu with Modify volume selected

9. Increase the Volume size as per your requirement and click on Modify.

AWS EC2 Modify volume dialog showing the size field

10. Now, login to the EC2 instance.

11. Open Run command prompt, type diskmgmt.msc, and press Enter.

12. Click on Action, select the Refresh. Now, you will see the unallocated space.

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13. Right-click on Volume which you want to expand, and then choose the option Extend Volume and

click on Next.

Windows Disk Management context menu with Extend Volume

14. Increase the Volume size (MB) as per your requirement. Click on Next and then Finish the setup.

Windows Disk Management showing the Extend Volume option

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