Re: Extending boot partitions

Hi Terry,

For your new configuration, how many drives and what size - what type of
raid configuration are you considering?

I'd recommend Paragon Drive-Backup - as you can do the current job with it,
plus use it as a disaster recovery tool afterwards with periodic live
images, etc.

http://www.drive-backup.com/corporate/server/features.htm

You can image your present partitions (C and D) (and possibly the dell
utility partition as well)
Set up your disks at the hardware level as raid <whatever>.
Then boot from the Paragon CD, restoring the images of c: and d:, sizing
them as you see fit.

Once we know what you have in mind for disk size/numbers and raid config we
can make some suggestions on <sizing as you see fit>.

--
Les Connor [SBS Community Member - SBS MVP]
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"Terry M" <terrym@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23yWXqLT8FHA.736@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello
>
> I am using SBS 2003 Prem on a Dell PE2600 (Perc 4Di hardware Raid) and am
> running out of room on C:\
>
> Originally the system came with 1 set of 18G RAID1 drives partitioned at
> C:\ 9G and D:\ 9G.
>
> I have added more drives so now I would like to enlarge the boot partition
> to the full the original 18G disks.
>
> Yes I can move he data off D: and remove the partition but I am not sure
> how to enlarge C: to fill it.
>
> I read that DiskPart does not work on boot drives, plus these are basic
> disks. I have read mixed reports about using 3rd party partition
> utilities, or ghosting the drives.
>
> Might this be a good case for a swing migration. At the end of the day I
> don't want to reinstall from scratch.
>
> Any advise or experience would be appreciated
>
> Terry Mc
>


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