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Upgrade Windows 2000 Mirrored Set to larger drives

Hi Guys,

I want to upgrade my Windows 2000 Server.  I have (2) 18GB SCSI HD mirrored through the OS.

I would like to upgrade to (2) 73 SCSI HD I recently purchased, and get rid of the smaller drives.

My data is very critical, and i would like to upgrade the safest way possible.

Thanks you for your help.
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One thing I'd like to mention in regards to you upgrade:
If you have adequate power, drive bays, and interfaces, I'd consider keeping one or both of your old disks to use as swap and temp space (as basic - non raid disks). Keep a small swap file on the system drive for BSOD dumps. You'll generall see a performance boost and it's nice to have some scratch space.
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I would make an image of the drive as it is now. Both Ghost and Power quest disk image (I use power quest 2002 at work) support expanding the partition when putting an image back.
That way both your originals are still good. Just take them out and lable them. Then put the two new drives in and initalize them, and put the image back on. You then would have your system exact. I believe it was around 40 dollars for pqdi 2002.