Re: Dynamic Disk

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"Terje Sundbøe" <tsundboe@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> My system partition on my win2k3 server is almost empty of free space. I
> will try to convert my disk to dynamic. I have an unallocated (se attached
> image) space on the disk (this is raid 1+5). If I convert this to a
dynamic
> disk will it automatically use this space or do I have to make a partition
> first?
>
> Terje

Converting your disk from basic to dynamic won't extend your
system partition. I recommend this instead:

1. Install the server disk as a slave disk in some Win2000/XP PC.
2. Use xcopy.exe with the appropriate switches to copy the
server partition to the primary active partition of a spare disk.
Make sure to copy all hidden and system files.
3. Install the spare disk in your server, then reboot it with your
Win2000 server CD to get into the Recovery Console.
4. Run the commands fixboot and fixmbr to restore your
boot environment.
5. Boot the server with this spare disk. If it works flawlessly
then you know that you have successfully cloned your
server disk.
6. Repartition the original server disk on the Win2000/XP PC,
then use the same process as above to restore the system.


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