Disk management console view is not up-to-date   

I have stumbled on a problem that is reported in many forms in different
forums, but it is always blamed to something else or not solved.

Problem: Not possible to extend a volume, because in the final step the
Extend Volume Wizard reports (after clicking Finish):

-The operation failed to complete because the Disk Management console
view is not up-to-date. Refresh the view by using the refresh task. If
the problem persists close the Disk Management console, then restart
Disk Management or restart the computer.-

Non of these suggested solutions remove this error.

Here is what I did:
1) installed Vista x64 on a 500 GB disk.
2) for reasons not important here, I decided to move to a 1000GB disk,
by backing up the system, and restoring it on the 1000 GB disk. This
worked sofar, but Vista created only a 500 GB partition, with an empty
second partition.
3) I now try to extend the first partition to 1000 GB. I do this by
right clicking the boot partition and select Extend partition. On the
wizard I keep next, then Finish. Then this message above appears.


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date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:00:08 +0100   author:   vankampenp

Re: Disk management console view is not up-to-date   

Wow, found a solution here: 'How to Extend a Disk Partition in Windows
Vista and Server 2008' (http://tinyurl.com/5acegl)

The solution was to use the command line interface instead of the
graphical user interface:

1) Start command line interface (Right click Run as Administrator)
2) enter "Diskpart"
3) List Disk
4) Select Disk x (in my case 0)
5) List partition
6) Select partition x ( in my case 1)
7) extend

Done!


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date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 20:07:15 +0100   author:   vankampenp

Re: Disk management console view is not up-to-date   

Hi, vankampenp.

Thanks for the tip.  I've seen that error message ("Disk Management console
view is not up-to-date").  I got it fixed, somehow, but don't remember how. 
Another poster was asking about it recently and I couldn't recall what to 
advise.

RC
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"vankampenp"  wrote in 
message news:vankampenp.3evb86@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...
>
> Wow, found a solution here: 'How to Extend a Disk Partition in Windows
> Vista and Server 2008' (http://tinyurl.com/5acegl)
>
> The solution was to use the command line interface instead of the
> graphical user interface:
>
> 1) Start command line interface (Right click Run as Administrator)
> 2) enter "Diskpart"
> 3) List Disk
> 4) Select Disk x (in my case 0)
> 5) List partition
> 6) Select partition x ( in my case 1)
> 7) extend
>
> Done!
>
>
> -- 
> vankampenp

date: Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:52:20 -0500   author:   R. C. White