Resize the system partition, WIN2003 Server

[getndz]

Hello,
How could I resize the system partition (C:\) on a WIN2003 Server ?
Partition magic do not work, what else.
The server is with RAID1 mirror configured.

regards

 

[Spirit]

Reinstall!

I would never do this on a production server, I would be able to trust the stability.

 

[Roadki11]

I would use Ghost to image the partions to dvd or a spare hard drive. When restoring the images you can increase the partion sizes on the fly. you may need 2 bigger hard drives because i know you can increase the partion size but i dont if you can reduce a partion size. Meaning im not sure you can increase C:\ and reduce D:\ if you reuse the existing drives, i have only ever increased all partions.

RoadKi11

 

[r8j8t]

Roadki11 is right, if you have plenty of disk space left or you add new disks you can inrese the size of system partiiton.
I may be wrong but if you want to use exsisting disks only try converting your disk into dyanmic disk then you can increase the size of any partition on fly.

 

[LWComputingMVP]

WHY are you trying to resize? How large is it now? What's on it?

 

[DTracy]

Acronis will safely resize the RAID drives however, the software costs more than two new drives.

Regards,
David