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Resizing partions on my live PDC...is it possible?

Hi guys -

I have a win2k server box and the OS is loaded on a 2GB partion, and all the data is on another partition.

I am running out of space on c: but have plenty of room on the other partition. Can I use something like partion magic to expand c: without a problem?

Running dynamic disks on this server too.

If not, is it a big problem to have a 384mb swap file and only 200mb free on the disk?

The server seems to run fine with this little space, but I am a little worried.

Thanks for reading.

Jonathan

Luc Franken

Hi JonLM,

I think you're out of luck resizing the partitions because you use dynamic disks. Partition Magic and Volume manager can't handle those.

> is it a big problem to have a 384mb swap file and only 200mb free on the disk
Try putting your swapfile on another drive: rightclick "My computer" => "Properties" => "Advanced" => "Performance options" => "Change" and put your swapfile on another drive

Greetings,

LucF

RichEgli

I've used Partition Manager 5.5 on a couple of our servers and it's worked fine. Same problem, someone formated the hard drive with just 2GB in the first partition and all kinds of room in the second. And I was running out of room on the C drive. Check it out at http://www.partition-manager.com/home/personal/features.htm. I've used it both on Win2K Server and Pro clients.

simpsonehh

when I was playing around with partition magic, I had no luck (had several partitions on one drive and needed to move and resize - pain in the a**)(basic disks)
I would recommend what LucF mentioned

Also if possible, start another box with a much larger partition and replicate the data to the new box. eventually taking the current one offline to re install, and bring back as a backup.

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Luc Franken

JonLM, some feedback please

JonLM

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Thanks for everyones help on this one. I looked at PM 5.5 and it does say now that It will support all kinds of disks, but I'm a little wary to mess anything up on the PDC, so I'm going to integrate DFS into my solution. From what I've read, that will do it.

Thanks Everyone,

JonLM