Help!
I tried to resize the partitions on my dell server (RAID 1) from C Drive to make C drive larger, but it did not let me...here is what I did:
1. Loaded BootNG on a disk
2. Loaded BootnG Boot from disk on the boot menu
3. Chose Partition Work
4. Here is my problem: It shows the OS-C drive as a Partition, and then the DATADRIVE (D) as a VOLUME.
5. I tried to resize D and slide it, but I could not resize C (It was still maxed out)
So, I slid the freespace back, and resized D to its original and am back to square 1.
Would Acronis work or still have the same problem? Are there any other things I could try to use BootNG or any other softwares I could buy to resize the C drive. Please dont suggest taking things off...C is maxed out so I need to resize. Thanks!
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Should I move the pagefile to Drive D from C to help with the space issue, or will it not free up any space. I am trying to free up the space by about 1-4 GB since it is down to 288MB on C. However, i was reading that you should not put a pagefile on a mirrored Raid volume (which we have), so it leaves me in the blank not knowing what to do to fix this.
Okay - thanks for the screen shot.
The problem you have and this is common to most Dell's (you gotta love the way they build them ;-) ) is that the D: drive is in an Extended partition and you cannot change this Extended Partition.
What you need to do is backup the D: drive (prefereably using some imaging software like Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Server or Acronis Backup & Recovery 10 Server for Windows), remove the D: drive, delete the extended partition, re-size the C: drive, create a D: in a non-extended partition and then put the D: drive back via the image you just took.
In terms of the pagefile, you could re-size it or move it, but you need a pagefile on the C: drive so that Windows can dump it's memory to file in case it blue screens.
Have you downloaded something like foldersize (http://foldersize.sourcef
Okay - so the D drive has hardly anything of any importance on it...so could I just simply copy the folders over to another computer instead of using backup exec and then just simply copy and paste the folders back once done?
Also, how would I go about doing all of the deleting, resizing and creations?
I have not downloaded foldersize, but will to check on what is using the files. I know that about 7GB is in the WINDOWS folder.
would changing the pagefile likely help free up any space, and if it would, what should i make the pagefile size on the C drive?
The size of the pagefile is usually proportional to the amount of memory you have in the server.
Before you worry about that though - if the D: drive has nothing much of interest on it, then it would be a good idea to move the data elsewhere but be careful in case you have shared out any folders on the D: drive as these would get lost if you move them elsewhere.
Go back to the Computer Management Screen and expand the shared folders part and look to see if you have any shared folders on the D: drive.
If you do, write down the location and then visit the location to check the permissions and share permissions and write those down too as you will need to put them back later.
If there are no shares, then that makes life much easier.
You can delete the D: drive and the extended partition in Disk Manager and then use BootNG to resize the C: drive a little, then create a D: drive and put your data back.
In terms of the pagefile - you can reduce it to almost nothing (about 2Mb) and it would free up space.
As long as you have a reasonable size pagefile on the D: drive, you should be fine.
If the server Blue Screens - it would want to dump the contents of it's memory to disk and would not be able to without the pagefile, but it is unlikely that you would use the info in the dump - I have had to on about 2-3 occasions over the past 20 years!
Okay, so not to be redundant or stupid, but in Disk Manager, could you help walk me through step by step how to delete the D drive and partition...also luckily, no shared drives! this is a citrix server so only used for TS connections...which means hardly any stored files on D drive, but lots of user profiles on the C drive.
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by: alanhardistyPosted on 2009-08-09 at 13:39:41ID: 25055846
The software I use to resize drives is Paragon Partition Manager Server Edition - www.paragon-software.com/b
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