Re: Dual-boot XP/2003 SBS

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On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 20:23:07 -0800, Phil
<Phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It is an issue since I am running ot of disk space (less than 1GB remaining)
on the C:\ partition where XP is installed. I'm pretty sure that it is
related to NTFS security set by SBS 2003 on the D:\ partition, but I'd like
to be able to share the D:\ drive between both operating systems.

If I can't share the D:\ partition between XP and SBS 2003, what I'd like to
do is remove SBS 2003 from the drive and utilize it for storage when running
XP. Is there a simple way to remove SBS 2003 from the D:\ partition and
remove it from the boot menu at startup so that I can utilize the extra disk
space? I only booted to SBS 2003 when testing certain apps that I can now
test on a different machine.

Thanks for any help/advice.

"Cris Hanna (SBS-MVP)" wrote:

Not real sure...but since you aren't using this in production..is it really
an issue?

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"Phil" <Phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am currently dual-booting XP and 2003 SBS, XP installed on C:\ NTFS
partition 25GB and 2003 on D:\ NTFS partition 35GB. When I boot into XP,
in
Explorer, the D:\ partition only shows a size of 1GB with zero free-space
when it actually has ~ 25GB of free-space. When I boot into SBS 2003, I
can
see both the C:\ and D:\ partition with the correct free-space. Why does
the
2003 SBS partition only show 1GB when there is plenty of free-space.

Thanks in advance for any help



Hello,

I have a test machine with a SBS2003/XP dual boot situation and mine
also shows 1 gig. In Windows explorer under XP, I can see all the
directory structures of the SBS but I can only access the user's
shared directories.

I believe the 1 gig limit you see is the default size of the user's
environment on the server. If you increase the user space the disk
size should increase accordingly.........I'm not an expert here.

It is a security thing with SBS.........It should be the only OS on
the system it's running

That being said, you'd probably be better off dumping SBS and using XP
based on your last comments. Follow Chris Hannas' good advice.

YMMV HTH

Buck
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