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Extend specifies whether to extend the partition to fill the remainder of the hard disk.

Values

true

Specifies that the partition is extended to fill the remainder of the hard disk.

false

Specifies that the partition is not extended to fill the remainder of the hard disk. This is the default value.

Note

If Extend is set to true, do not specify a value for Size. If Extend is set to true and a value for Size is specified, no partition is created. An error is logged, and installation terminates.

Valid Passes

windowsPE

Parent Hierarchy

Microsoft-Windows-Setup | DiskConfiguration | Disk | CreatePartitions | CreatePartition | Extend

Applies To

For the list of the supported Windows editions and architectures that this component supports, see Microsoft-Windows-Setup.

XML Example

The following XML output for the DiskConfiguration setting shows how to create three partitions on a hard drive.

<DiskConfiguration>
   <WillShowUI>OnError</WillShowUI>
   <Disk>
      <DiskID>0</DiskID>
      <WillWipeDisk>true</WillWipeDisk>
      <CreatePartitions>
         <CreatePartition>
<!-- Create primary partition, 20 GB -->
            <Order>1</Order>
            <Type>Primary</Type>
            <Size>20000</Size>
         </CreatePartition>
<!-- Create extended partition and fill the rest of the hard disk -->
         <CreatePartition>
            <Order>2</Order>
            <Type>Extended</Type>
            <Extend>true</Extend>
         </CreatePartition>
<!-- Create logical partition within the extended partition, 6 GB -->
         <CreatePartition>
            <Order>3</Order>
            <Type>Logical</Type>
            <Size>6000</Size>
         </CreatePartition>
      </CreatePartitions>
   </Disk>
</DiskConfiguration>

See Also

Concepts

CreatePartition