Re: Domain server re-install

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Sorry, I thought we had answered that question already. You have several choices:

1. Move stuff from C to D

2. Backup, Fdisk, Repartition, Restore from Backup

3. Image, then repartition drive and restore image. Acronis, Shadow Protect are a couple of these.

4. Using one of the nix based re sizing utilities, such as gparted, you can resize the partitions.

Note that 1 and 2 are supported by MS, but that 3 and 4 leave you officially unsupported by MS should the partitions go wonky.

A little searching in this group or the inet will give you more details, or post back here if you want more info about any of the above.

-Larry


"David C" <dlchase@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%235aXz%23jKJHA.1156@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Larry,

What would I have to do to just expand my boot (C) drive? That is really my first priority as I am running out of free space on that partition. I think I can copy everything on the D partition and then restore it but I really need to just get more room on C. Thanks.

David
"Larry Struckmeyer [SBS-MVP]" <lstruckmeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:eX0e24jKJHA.4452@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I would not split out the RAID. ymmv.

Since the system is SCSI, you might consider adding a pair of SATA drives on their own controller. Would be very inexpensive, in computer terms, and could be moved to the next server, if and when it comes.

-Larry


"David C" <dlchase@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%2357eUqjKJHA.4908@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The other partition has 12GB free. Did I mention the server is a dual 36GB Raid1 system? I may suggest getting another larger drive but I'm not high on putting money into an older server. Also, this is one of our customers server, so the decision would be theirs. What about removing Raid1 so I could have just a 36GB C drive and a 36GB D drive? Is that possible? Thanks.

David
"Larry Struckmeyer [SBS-MVP]" <lstruckmeyer(at)mis-wizards(dot)com> wrote in message news:ujmbOYjKJHA.1160@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
You are pretty tight. Can be managed, but a PITA. You did not say how much free space is left on the second partition, and if you have already move such things as:

user shared folders
exchange databases
windows update files/folders
and there are lots more.

If you think you want to try to do this, I can post up my boilerplate on things that can be moved.

Any chance you could add more drives, say two 72 GB or 144 GB for the data. In that case you could do a very nice job of moving your data to the bigger drives and extending the size of the C partition to use the entire 36 GB drive.

Note that if you hope to go to SBS 2008 on this hardware, a 36 GB C partition will not be large enough.

In any case you will need a backup / restore or an imaging product.

--
Larry

Please post the resolution to
your issue so that all can benefit.


"David C" <dlchase@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:u5fdJSjKJHA.5692@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
It is Raid1 (mirror) with 2 36GB SCSI drives. The C drive is partitioned with 10GB and the D drive with the rest (23.82). There is a 102MB Basic partition which I think holds some Dell setup programs or something).

David
"Larry Struckmeyer [SBS-MVP]" <lstruckmeyer(at)mis-wizards(dot)com> wrote in message news:u2y0hLZKJHA.5336@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
What is the C drive made up of? One complete drive, or a portion of one drive?

If a portion of one drive, how much space is available on the other partitions of this or any other physical drives?

And what is the subsystem? On board SATA, Raid1? Raid 5? Discrete Controller?

If there is room on other partitions, we can show you how to move a ton of stuff.

Or, you can get a bigger drive(s) and use any of the backup/image - restore systems.

Works fine if standalone drive or RAID1, tricky if RAID5.

--
Larry

Please post the resolution to
your issue so that all can benefit.


"David C" <dlchase@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:Ot%23HVIZKJHA.4996@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
We have a Win 2003 SBS server that has too small of a boot partition (C
drive) so I think we need to re-install the OS and expand the partition to
use the entire drive. When I re-install the OS can I use the same domain
name and will workstations need to re-join the domain?
Also, is there any other way around this or other options for me? Thanks.

David














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