Re: Repartition Disk

This may work
http://support.us.dell.com/support/downloads/format.aspx?releaseid=R64398&c=us&l=en&cs=&s=gen
depending upon the drive controller.

Gregg Hill



"George Beckwith" <GeorgeBeckwith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:4044865E-8C86-47DF-927E-6A4F42E3A235@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thank you Owen.

The KB article you cited says, "You cannot extend the partition if the
pagefile is located on the partition." which it would be. I have given up
on
this idea, and will just move some folders from C: to D: to get a better
balance. I was running low on Free Space on C: The total space on C: is
24.2GB (3.06 Free) and D: is 9.1 GB (8.20 Free). The Exchange Store is on
C:
and is about 9 GB. The Dell PowerEdge 1600SC can accomodate four
additional
drives, so when we reach that point we can add additional drives.

Again thanks for you insight.

George Beckwith

"Owen Williams [SBS MVP]" wrote:

In article <EDAC4A87-9680-4CC5-AB2E-9A53FDE91B8F@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
GeorgeBeckwith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...

I have an SBS2003 with a C: and D: drives on one logical disk. C: an D:
are
Basic disks. I want to verify that I can consolidate to a single C:
drive.
What I understand I need to do is:
1. Backup all data on D: (it is just data - no programs)
2. Delete D: using Disk Management
3: Use DISKPART to extend C: to use the space freed up.
Will this procedure do what I want.

I'm curious why you want to do this since partitioning is usually
recommended with SBS, even if it's a single drive. Among other things,
this helps ensure uncontrolled data growth won't impact the system
partition and lead to a failure of the operating system. It also
enables you to segregate the use of Volume Shadowcopy.

But to your question ... according to this:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/325590

"Only the extension of data volumes is supported. System or boot volumes
may be blocked from being extended, and you may receive the following
error:

Diskpart failed to extend the volume. Please make sure the volume
is valid for extending"

-- Owen Williams (SBS MVP)



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