Re: How to increase the size of the System Partition?

From: Bjorn Landemoo (mvp2.REMOVE_at_landemoo.com)
Date: 09/17/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 18:58:43 +0200

rocio

You might be able to extend the system/boot partition if it still is on a
basic disk.

You will need free contiguous space after C: in order to extend it. In
other words, you would need to delete the partition after C:, if you have
any.

Use diskpart.exe from "safe mode with command prompt" to extend
the partition.

This is normally not recommended on the system partition, but usually works
anyway. Also see this MS Knowledge Base article:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=325590

Another option is to perform an upgrade installation, as this article
describes:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=289876

Volume Manager from Powerquest, or other third party utilities, might also
be an option.

Best regards

Bjorn 

-- 
Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)
"rocio" <rocio@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I would like to know if there is a way of increasing the 
>size of the parition that is both, the boot and system 
>partition. Eg. from 15GB to 30 GB.
>Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.
>Rocio

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