Disk partitions

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Hi,

I need to repartition the boot SCSI disk on my Windows 2000 server.
Its a 17GB disk, the C: drive is only 2.5 GB, the D: drive is 14.5GB
As you can imagine, since C: is the Windows system drive, space is
pretty tight. (300MB free). However the D: drive has 11.5 GB free.
Can I adjust the partition sizes with disk manager or a resource kit
tool? Or must I use some kind of cloning tool like Norton Ghost to clone
it onto another disk, then clone it back and adjust the partition size then?

Any recommendations welcome.

Thanks,

SW
 
You can use Partition Magic or an equal like tool to shrink D:\ and stretch
C:\. Nothing native though.

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| Hi,
|
| I need to repartition the boot SCSI disk on my Windows 2000 server.
| Its a 17GB disk, the C: drive is only 2.5 GB, the D: drive is 14.5GB
| As you can imagine, since C: is the Windows system drive, space is
| pretty tight. (300MB free). However the D: drive has 11.5 GB free.
| Can I adjust the partition sizes with disk manager or a resource kit
| tool? Or must I use some kind of cloning tool like Norton Ghost to clone
| it onto another disk, then clone it back and adjust the partition size
then?
|
| Any recommendations welcome.
|
| Thanks,
|
| SW
 
There are non-destructive partition resizing utilities. These allow
expansion of one partition into disk space made free by shrinking
another partition. ServerMagic is one (expensive, as I recall) example.
Google for other resizers.

S said:
Hi,

I need to repartition the boot SCSI disk on my Windows 2000 server.
Its a 17GB disk, the C: drive is only 2.5 GB, the D: drive is 14.5GB
As you can imagine, since C: is the Windows system drive, space is
pretty tight. (300MB free). However the D: drive has 11.5 GB free.
Can I adjust the partition sizes with disk manager or a resource kit
tool? Or must I use some kind of cloning tool like Norton Ghost to clone
it onto another disk, then clone it back and adjust the partition size
then?

Any recommendations welcome.

Thanks,

SW


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This is news to me. The PartitionbMagic folks deliberately crippled PM
in order to peddle the much more expensive ServerMagic...but are you
saying there's some technical server-software or -filesystem reason for
not using any of the many other partition resizers? After duly diligent
backup of precious stuff, of course :-)

Dave said:
Oops, missed the mention of server. You'll need to reinstall the operating
system or use a third-party app such as;
http://www.symantec.com/region/can/eng/product/volumemanager/

Or possibly.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];289876
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Dan,
No, absolutely not. Use any tools you're comfortable with. Ditto on the
backups before hand.

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| This is news to me. The PartitionbMagic folks deliberately crippled PM
| in order to peddle the much more expensive ServerMagic...but are you
| saying there's some technical server-software or -filesystem reason for
| not using any of the many other partition resizers? After duly diligent
| backup of precious stuff, of course :-)
 
Earlier versions of PQMagic let you create a recovery diskette
that was fully functional. It did not care if the underlying OS
was a Server or Workstation version. It would be interesting
to know if the current version allows this too. The same
applies to Acronis Disk Director and its Recovery CD.


Dan Seur said:
This is news to me. The PartitionbMagic folks deliberately crippled PM
in order to peddle the much more expensive ServerMagic...but are you
saying there's some technical server-software or -filesystem reason for
not using any of the many other partition resizers? After duly diligent
backup of precious stuff, of course :-)

Dave said:
Oops, missed the mention of server. You'll need to reinstall the operating
system or use a third-party app such as;
http://www.symantec.com/region/can/eng/product/volumemanager/

Or possibly.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];289876
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Similarly, earlier 'pre-crippling' versions of PartitionMagic worked
just fine on both W2k WS and Server installations. Never heard a peep
about problems; in fact, on these boards people were recommending the
older versions to folks who were stunned at the price difference between
the basic and server versions. It'd be interesting to know whether the
old PM can handle XP disk structures; for all I know the Fisher-Pricing
of that system introduced some under-the-covers novelties as well.

I haven't needed to use my old PM for a few years but still have it
around. It's an oldie (like the OS/2 Boot Manager), but it ain't no
buggywhip.
Earlier versions of PQMagic let you create a recovery diskette
that was fully functional. It did not care if the underlying OS
was a Server or Workstation version. It would be interesting
to know if the current version allows this too. The same
applies to Acronis Disk Director and its Recovery CD.


This is news to me. The PartitionbMagic folks deliberately crippled PM
in order to peddle the much more expensive ServerMagic...but are you
saying there's some technical server-software or -filesystem reason for
not using any of the many other partition resizers? After duly diligent
backup of precious stuff, of course :-)

Dave said:
Oops, missed the mention of server. You'll need to reinstall the
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operating
system or use a third-party app such as;
http://www.symantec.com/region/can/eng/product/volumemanager/

Or possibly.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];289876
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See ansr to Peg Asus...just clearing up [nonexistent] ambiguity. Thanx
Dave - :-)

Dave said:
Dan,
No, absolutely not. Use any tools you're comfortable with. Ditto on the
backups before hand.
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S said:
Hi,

I need to repartition the boot SCSI disk on my Windows 2000 server.
Its a 17GB disk, the C: drive is only 2.5 GB, the D: drive is 14.5GB
As you can imagine, since C: is the Windows system drive, space is
pretty tight. (300MB free). However the D: drive has 11.5 GB free.
Can I adjust the partition sizes with disk manager or a resource kit
tool? Or must I use some kind of cloning tool like Norton Ghost to clone
it onto another disk, then clone it back and adjust the partition size
then?

Any recommendations welcome.

Thanks,

SW
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Thanks for taking the time to reply, Guys.
I will use Ghost to do the job. I already have a license for that. I'm
surprised (appalled) at the prices of the server tools out there to do
the job. I'd be taking a Ghost image anyway first, so all that's
involved is putting the image back on to the disk, and setting new
partition sizes before applying the image. And if it doesn't work, I can
put it right back to how it was.

Best Regards,

SW
 
S W said:
Thanks for taking the time to reply, Guys.
I will use Ghost to do the job. I already have a license for that. I'm
surprised (appalled) at the prices of the server tools out there to do
the job. I'd be taking a Ghost image anyway first, so all that's
involved is putting the image back on to the disk, and setting new
partition sizes before applying the image. And if it doesn't work, I can
put it right back to how it was.

Best Regards,

SW
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You can create an image completely free of charge when
booting the machine with a Bart BE boot CD and using
xcopy.exe with the appropriate switches. It takes more
time, it's basic, it has no frills but it certainly does the job.
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/#download

Snapshot.exe is another product you can use. It's not free
but it is attractively priced.
http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/down.htm

In each case I would do a full recovery from the image
disk to ensure that things work as expected.
 
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