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title: "Run EZswitch on Windows"
slug: "run-ezswitch-on-windows"
updated: 2024-09-25T12:45:29Z
published: 2024-09-25T12:45:29Z
canonical: "docs.zesty.co/run-ezswitch-on-windows"
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# Run EZswitch on Windows

This topic describes how to run EZswitch on a Windows instance.

#### Prerequisites

- Remote access and permissions to run PowerShell commands on the instance
- The volume with data has been tagged (recommended to do this before running EZswitch on it):
  - **Tag key**: ZestyDisk
  - **Tag value**: True
- The Zesty Disk Agent is running on the instance

In the following procedure, we’ll use this beginning filesystem:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/0eb80240-664b-49f5-9181-5713ddf9f725/Images/Documentation/zd_ezswitch_windows_before(4).png)

#### To run EZswitch:

1. Connect to the instance.
2. Run EZswitch on the disk:

`C:\zesty\collector\zmount.exe -driveLetter <DRIVE_LETTER> -EZswitch`

<DRIVE_LETTER> is an uppercase letter that is available to assign to the drive. This can be the same as the current drive letter.

Note that commands are case-sensitive.

When the process succeeds, a message, similar to the following is displayed:

`EZswitch on D completed successfully.` The following figure shows that the filesystem is now a Zesty Disk filesystem: ![](https://cdn.document360.io/0eb80240-664b-49f5-9181-5713ddf9f725/Images/Documentation/zd_ezswitch_windows_after(1).png)

If the volume needs to expand, for example, to account for the default buffer, it will automatically expand to 128 GB, as follows:

![](https://cdn.document360.io/0eb80240-664b-49f5-9181-5713ddf9f725/Images/Documentation/zd_ezswitch_windows_after_expanded(1).png)

The unallocated capacity will become part of the same **D:** volume.