I have Windows Server 2003 R2 installed on a 300 gb HDD which has been mirrored.
The server has 2 partitions C Drive is 50gb and D drive is 250 gb. Now I am running out of disk space on theC drive and would like to use the partition magic to shrink D Drive and extend the C Drive.
I would like to know if this is possible using partition magic. I hope it will not cause any problems to the RAID?
With a C drive of 50GB for 2003 R2 you should normally have enough space for OS. What have you installed on the server that it's not enough? Operations like this can always bring problems. So make sure you have an actual tested backup from the server.
Best regards
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> I have Windows Server 2003 R2 installed on a 300 gb HDD which has been > mirrored.
> The server has 2 partitions C Drive is 50gb and D drive is 250 gb. Now > I am running out of disk space on theC drive and would like to use the > partition magic to shrink D Drive and extend the C Drive.
> I would like to know if this is possible using partition magic. I hope > it will not cause any problems to the RAID?
Hi! Meinolf, Thank you for the reply. Correction here - I have given C drive 20gb of space. I have a few applications installed on the C drive. So now I am left with 5 gb of space. Thats the reason I would like to extend it. I checked with Norton Partition Magic website - they say Partition Magic 8 doesnt support Win 2003 :(. So I have to look for other softwares or methods to assist me. Do you guys have any way to perform this operation without using any 3rd party tools??
Thank you Regards Hari
"Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> wrote in message
> With a C drive of 50GB for 2003 R2 you should normally have enough space > for OS. What have you installed on the server that it's not enough? > Operations like this can always bring problems. So make sure you have an > actual tested backup from the server.
> Best regards
> Meinolf Weber > Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and > confers no rights. > ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups > ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>> Hi! All,
>> I have Windows Server 2003 R2 installed on a 300 gb HDD which has been >> mirrored.
>> The server has 2 partitions C Drive is 50gb and D drive is 250 gb. Now >> I am running out of disk space on theC drive and would like to use the >> partition magic to shrink D Drive and extend the C Drive.
>> I would like to know if this is possible using partition magic. I hope >> it will not cause any problems to the RAID?
Harry <hvmadh...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hi! Meinolf, > Thank you for the reply. Correction here - I have given C drive 20gb > of space. I have a few applications installed on the C drive. So now > I am left with 5 gb of space. > Thats the reason I would like to extend it. > I checked with Norton Partition Magic website - they say Partition > Magic 8 doesnt support Win 2003 :(. > So I have to look for other softwares or methods to assist me. > Do you guys have any way to perform this operation without using any > 3rd party tools??
> Thank you > Regards > Hari
You'd need ServerMagic - but I don't know if that's still made. Check out Acronis Disk Director.
>> With a C drive of 50GB for 2003 R2 you should normally have enough >> space for OS. What have you installed on the server that it's not >> enough? Operations like this can always bring problems. So make sure >> you have an actual tested backup from the server.
>> Best regards
>> Meinolf Weber >> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and >> confers no rights. >> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups >> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>> Hi! All,
>>> I have Windows Server 2003 R2 installed on a 300 gb HDD which has >>> been mirrored.
>>> The server has 2 partitions C Drive is 50gb and D drive is 250 gb. >>> Now I am running out of disk space on theC drive and would like to >>> use the partition magic to shrink D Drive and extend the C Drive.
>>> I would like to know if this is possible using partition magic. I >>> hope it will not cause any problems to the RAID?
Harry wrote: > Thank you for the reply. Correction here - I have given C drive 20gb > of space. I have a few applications installed on the C drive. So now > I am left with 5 gb of space. > Thats the reason I would like to extend it. > I checked with Norton Partition Magic website - they say Partition > Magic 8 doesnt support Win 2003 :(. > So I have to look for other softwares or methods to assist me. > Do you guys have any way to perform this operation without using any > 3rd party tools??
you could do a full backup of your data partition to an external medium. Delete the partition. Boot from a Vista or Server 2008 DVD. In system repair options open the command prompt. Use diskpart to extend the disk (dont forget to add the size parameter as described in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325590). The DVD boot is necessary, because the Windows Server 2003 version of diskpart does not allow to extend the system partition. Recreate the data partition and restore the files. Best greetings from Germany Olaf
