I have Exchange 5.5 SP3 runing on W

[nebacar]

I have Exchange 5.5 SP3 runing on Windows NT4SP6. NT is installed on C: (NTFS partition) on first disk and Exchange is installed on disk D: (NTFS partition, another physical disk). The 8.5 gig drive (D that Exchange sits on (Exchange installation, public, private store, logs etc.), is near full (300mb remaining). I plan on installing an new 18.5 gig drive into that server, copy all from old disk (D to new one, and take out old 8.5 Gb disk.
My plan is :
1. Switch all Exchange services to manual and shutdown all Exchange services.
2. Change the drive letter D: to other unused letter (e.g. L.
3. Put in new disk
4. Assign letter D: to new disk
5. Copy (xcopy or just copy?) all Exchange folders from L: to D:
6. Startup Exchange services.

Can I do on this way? Is there any problem with this replacing of disks for MS Exchange server (NTFS_partition_ID or something like this?)?
Thanks.

 

[Zelandakh]

Stick in the new disk, bring the server up. Add it into Disk Admin as the next drive letter.

Run performance optimiser.

This will allow you to migrate the mail stores to the new disk. This will free up D and won't corrupt your mail store.

And its a LOT easier than your suggestion...

 

[nebacar]

Problem is: all Exchange's files, installation, private, public store, logs etc. resides on ONE physical disk!! If I use Performance optimiser and move mail stores to another disk, then Exchange will spread over two disks. We don't want this. We want Exchange (all files!) on one disk.

 

[ebo33]

Try to use ghost software from norton
1. copy an image of the old hard drive D:
2.install the new hard drive with a different drive letter say E:
3. dump the ghost image of D: to E:
4. change the drive letter of D: to F: and E: to D:
5.then restart the computer.

 

[nebacar]

I know for ghost software. I want to do on same way, but without using ghost, only with copy or xcopy command.
Maybe will be some problems if I don't use ghost, as I explaind in first message.