Re: Changing Partition size

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Thanks for that helpful pointer, I will see if I can shift the paging file to
E: , reformat D: to clean it up completely (and check that everything still
works without a separate pagefile sector and all its acolyte flies) which
would give me 2Gb to expand into.

If this is a mad idea please do say so!

--
Ian Bowers


"Frank McCallister SBS MVP" wrote:

> Hi Ian
>
> Not sure what you mean by D:scratch? If this partition is adjacent to C and has free space available then Paragon disk manager will extend C. http://www.paragon.ag/hdm/corporate/professional/index.htm
>
> --
> Frank McCallister SBS MVP
> COMPUMAC
> "Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]" <crisnospamhanna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23jPKcI6iFHA.3300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> You would at a minimum need sever magic..
> Extending the system/boot partition is not supported
>
> --
> Cris Hanna [SBS-MVP]
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> Please do not email me directly for assistance. Reply only in the Newsgroups for the benefit of everyone
> "Ian B" <ianb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:EAA2AF13-3045-418A-B876-A91E028207D1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> To date I have partitioned the hard disk on mission critical m/cs as c:
> programs, d: scratch, e: data. The latter always being largest by far.
>
> The SBS2003 server was partitioned this way on set up, and has served me
> well to date. However the c: drive at 8GB is now 75% full, and I am
> preparing for SP1, so wish to extend it.
>
> As in the past I reached for my trusty assistant in this; Partition Magic.
> And it is not prepared to co-operate with the SBS OS.
>
> Please advise on what software can bale me out of this predicament.
> --
> Ian Bowers
>
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