Resize system drive HDD

12 Nov 2007 1:27 AM

Pleo

Seems complicated. Any alternative method. Please advise. Thanks.

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> >A Server has three 18.2G HDD (wide ultra3 SCSI-3 10kII) and have the
> > following partition table on W2k Server.
> >
> > Disk0 (Dynamic, 33.91GB) - C: Capacity 2.93GB FAT   D: Capacity 30.94GB
> > NTFS
> > Disk1 (Dynamic, 16.96GB) - D: Capacity 16.96GB NTFS
> >
> > Therefore the volume drive now has the following capacity
> >
> > Volume C: Simple   Dynamic   FAT Capacity:2.93GB   Free:384M
> > Volume D: Spanned Dynamic   NTFS Capacity: 47.9GB Free:10GB
> >
> > Since system C drive remains only around 400M bytes, what tools can
resize
> > it? Just want to enlarge the system drive for installing windows update
> > etc.
> > Thanks.
>

A system drive of 3 GBytes is grossly inadequate for a server.
15 GBytes would be a more appropriate figure. AFAIK, none
of the current partition managers will touch dynamic partitions.
Your only choice would be to do this:

1. Connect the system disk as a slave disk to some other machine.
2. Use xcopy.exe or robocopy.exe to copy both partitions to
a spare disk. Make sure to include ACLs and hidden files.
3. Test the spare disk in the server.
4. If it works, repartition the old disk, then reverse Step 2.

By the way, in your cross-post you missed the most relevant
newsgroup: Microsoft.public.windows.server.general.

12 Nov 2007 6:23 AM

Pegasus (MVP)

Reload Windows Server from scratch.

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> Seems complicated. Any alternative method. Please advise. Thanks.
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>> "Pleo" <ple***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:usOt34zIIHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>> >A Server has three 18.2G HDD (wide ultra3 SCSI-3 10kII) and have the
>> > following partition table on W2k Server.
>> >
>> > Disk0 (Dynamic, 33.91GB) - C: Capacity 2.93GB FAT   D: Capacity 30.94GB
>> > NTFS
>> > Disk1 (Dynamic, 16.96GB) - D: Capacity 16.96GB NTFS
>> >
>> > Therefore the volume drive now has the following capacity
>> >
>> > Volume C: Simple   Dynamic   FAT Capacity:2.93GB   Free:384M
>> > Volume D: Spanned Dynamic   NTFS Capacity: 47.9GB Free:10GB
>> >
>> > Since system C drive remains only around 400M bytes, what tools can
> resize
>> > it? Just want to enlarge the system drive for installing windows update
>> > etc.
>> > Thanks.
>>
>
> A system drive of 3 GBytes is grossly inadequate for a server.
> 15 GBytes would be a more appropriate figure. AFAIK, none
> of the current partition managers will touch dynamic partitions.
> Your only choice would be to do this:
>
> 1. Connect the system disk as a slave disk to some other machine.
> 2. Use xcopy.exe or robocopy.exe to copy both partitions to
>     a spare disk. Make sure to include ACLs and hidden files.
> 3. Test the spare disk in the server.
> 4. If it works, repartition the old disk, then reverse Step 2.
>
> By the way, in your cross-post you missed the most relevant
> newsgroup: Microsoft.public.windows.server.general.
>
>
>
>

12 Nov 2007 7:35 AM

Pleo

Got it. Thanks.

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> "Pleo" <ple***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e9ABvtMJIHA.1168@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > Seems complicated. Any alternative method. Please advise. Thanks.
> >
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> >> "Pleo" <ple***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:usOt34zIIHA.5160@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> >> >A Server has three 18.2G HDD (wide ultra3 SCSI-3 10kII) and have the
> >> > following partition table on W2k Server.
> >> >
> >> > Disk0 (Dynamic, 33.91GB) - C: Capacity 2.93GB FAT   D: Capacity
30.94GB
> >> > NTFS
> >> > Disk1 (Dynamic, 16.96GB) - D: Capacity 16.96GB NTFS
> >> >
> >> > Therefore the volume drive now has the following capacity
> >> >
> >> > Volume C: Simple   Dynamic   FAT Capacity:2.93GB   Free:384M
> >> > Volume D: Spanned Dynamic   NTFS Capacity: 47.9GB Free:10GB
> >> >
> >> > Since system C drive remains only around 400M bytes, what tools can
> > resize
> >> > it? Just want to enlarge the system drive for installing windows
update
> >> > etc.
> >> > Thanks.
> >>
> >
> > A system drive of 3 GBytes is grossly inadequate for a server.
> > 15 GBytes would be a more appropriate figure. AFAIK, none
> > of the current partition managers will touch dynamic partitions.
> > Your only choice would be to do this:
> >
> > 1. Connect the system disk as a slave disk to some other machine.
> > 2. Use xcopy.exe or robocopy.exe to copy both partitions to
> >     a spare disk. Make sure to include ACLs and hidden files.
> > 3. Test the spare disk in the server.
> > 4. If it works, repartition the old disk, then reverse Step 2.
> >
> > By the way, in your cross-post you missed the most relevant
> > newsgroup: Microsoft.public.windows.server.general.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>

12 Nov 2007 1:05 PM

Chris M

Pleo wrote:

> Seems complicated. Any alternative method. Please advise. Thanks.

You could try Ghost. I have used this before on dynamic disks, restoring
to a basic disk and altering the partition sizes in the process. It
worked fine for me, but your mileage may vary depending on whether all
your partitions were present when the disk was converted to dynamic,
etc, etc, etc.

If you do decide to go down this route, try the restore process on a
scratch disk first to make sure that it works. And make a backup before
you do anything.

--
Chris.

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>> "Pleo" <ple***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>>> A Server has three 18.2G HDD (wide ultra3 SCSI-3 10kII) and have the
>>> following partition table on W2k Server.
>>>
>>> Disk0 (Dynamic, 33.91GB) - C: Capacity 2.93GB FAT   D: Capacity 30.94GB
>>> NTFS
>>> Disk1 (Dynamic, 16.96GB) - D: Capacity 16.96GB NTFS
>>>
>>> Therefore the volume drive now has the following capacity
>>>
>>> Volume C: Simple   Dynamic   FAT Capacity:2.93GB   Free:384M
>>> Volume D: Spanned Dynamic   NTFS Capacity: 47.9GB Free:10GB
>>>
>>> Since system C drive remains only around 400M bytes, what tools can
> resize
>>> it? Just want to enlarge the system drive for installing windows update
>>> etc.
>>> Thanks.
>
> A system drive of 3 GBytes is grossly inadequate for a server.
> 15 GBytes would be a more appropriate figure. AFAIK, none
> of the current partition managers will touch dynamic partitions.
> Your only choice would be to do this:
>
> 1. Connect the system disk as a slave disk to some other machine.
> 2. Use xcopy.exe or robocopy.exe to copy both partitions to
>      a spare disk. Make sure to include ACLs and hidden files.
> 3. Test the spare disk in the server.
> 4. If it works, repartition the old disk, then reverse Step 2.
>
> By the way, in your cross-post you missed the most relevant
> newsgroup: Microsoft.public.windows.server.general.
>
>
>
>