Re: Disk Management on Win 2003 Server

From: John C. Weldin (jweldin_at_focusbsi.com)
Date: 12/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 15:42:12 -0500

Do you know of any 3rd party products that would work better?

Thanks,

John
"Bjorn Landemoo" <mvp2.REMOVE@landemoo.com> wrote in message
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> Jon
>
> No, you cannot resize your system partition on a dynamic disk without
> expensive third party tools, but might be able to do it if your disk still
> is basic. Be aware, though, that this is not a fail safe method, so a
> couple of backups and the knowledge how to restore is needed before you
> proceed.
>
> You will need free contiguous space after C: in order to extend it.
>
> You might be able to use diskpart.exe from "safe mode with command prompt"
> to extend your system 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=325857
>
> Best regards
>
> Bjorn
> --
> Bjorn Landemoo - mvp2@landemoo.com - http://landemoo.com/
> Microsoft MVP (Windows Server - File System)
>
> "John C. Weldin" <jweldin@focusbsi.com> wrote:
>
>>What is the best way to resize the system partition for Windows 2003
>>Server?
>>
>>I used to use Partition (or Volume) Magic on Windows 2000 Server, but the
>>program is not supported by Windows 2003.
>>
>>Can I do it by making the disk a dynamic disk? Can I do it if I already
>>have
>>the operating system on a disk that is not dynamic?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>John
>>
>

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