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From: exploreman (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/11/04 

Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 08:36:35 -0800

I have a SBS2K server which I am getting ready to use SQL
server on. While trying to convert the data structure to
SQL data structure I ran out of hard disk space, the
convert routine provided by the application vendor, made
several copies of the data at various stages of the
upgrade (at least 6). Because of this I want to add
another hard disk to the system. My current disks are
Disk 0, 18 Gig SCSI, Disk 1 36 Gig SCSI. These disks are
set up with C partition for OS of 8 GIG and E partition
for Database of 10 Gig. I then mirrored the Disk 0 to
Disk1 for data redundancy. The reason that disk1 is 36
gig is that the original disk1 (previously 18G) failed
and when I replaced the disk I had to upgrade to 36G. I
want to know how to add another 36G drive as drive2 and
move the data from disk0 to disk1. To finish with the OS
installed on Disk0 with 18G partition, the data installed
on Disk1 with 36G partition and mirrored to new Disk2
with 36G partition. How do I change my partition sizes
and move data from drive to drive without risking data
loss or doing a reinstall for the OS? I have Norton
ghost 2003 if needed but have never used it. Also if I
would install another 18 Gig drive as disk3 could I
mirror the OS disk0 to a new mirror on disk3 while at the
same time having a mirror drive1 to drive2?
Thanks for any help.
explore@removethis@man@hotmail.com

If you need system information it is:
Dual Xenon Server MB with dual 2.0 Xenon CPUs
2 Gig Ram on MB
1 Gig Nic on MB
Dual channel SCSI controller
SCSI drive0 = 18 gig dynamic partitioned as 8gig C: and
10gig E:
SCSI drive1= 36 gig dynamic partitioned as 8 gig C:
mirror and 10gig E: mirror with 18 gig F:
New SCSI drive2 will be 36 gig

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