Re: Server C Drive Space

Because this is for our main data server, it has to be very clear on all
details before it go. For my understanding, please correct me if the
following steps is worng:
My problem is my server c drive is seagate 146GB that is in mirror with
another 146GB disk . But c drive was partitioned by vendor with 12GB only.
So now c drive is going to be full, So I want to expand my c drive space.
1. Get the new disk, partition and format it, make boot partition as
"active".
How should I do it to make active? By dos command "FDISK"? I am sorry.
It is long time not to use this command since
Windopws XP.
2. Shut dowm server, unplug my c drive (disk0)
3. connect both my c drive and new disk to another pc as slave. Windows XP
is fine?
4. Use "robocopy" to copy my c drive to new disk.
I was told "robocopy cannnot copy system file that are in use. So I
don't know in
my case if it can copy from one slave to anoth slave drive?
5. Plug the new disk back to my server as disk0. Reboot server. system will
auto- rebuild.
6. Before I pung back my new disk, do I need to re-partition my original
disk1 that is in mirror with disk0?
I was told I need to break mirror first. So when should I do that? before I
unplug my disk0?

Thanks a lot
Marco


"Ace Fekay [Microsoft Certified Trainer]" <aceman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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"Marco Yee" <yeem@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks for your help.
Could you tell me where I can get the "robocopy.exe"?

On your Step 4. "Connect the old and new disk as slave disks to some
other Windows PC," Because my old disk is SCSI, I need find any pc with
SCSI interface?

Actually my olde c drive is in mirror setup. For the other drive in
mirror, what should I do?Or just leave it alone, don't do anything?

Mirrored? After following Pegasus' suggestion to break the mirror, and
copy the drive, you're going to need to get another identical drive to
create a new mirror.

Ace







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