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Increase disk space of system drive (c:) with another disk?

I have the following question

Is it possible to extend the harddrive space on a already used/installed working systemdisk in a server (SBS 2003 - no raid no mirror, just an ordinary c drive), cause the free space now is very low.

And i kinda foresee a lot of trouble cloning a scsi 36 GB disk to another scsi 146GB disc, i'm already seeing doom scenario's where the disk won't boot...but..

is it possible (with 3th party software?) to install the 146 GB disc next to the 36 GB (c:) disk and merge them into 1, just like when you use the diskmanagement on windows to create volumes,

I don't want to format the c drive by the way :)

rindi

It is very unlikely that you really need to resize C. If you setup and manage your server properly you can get along with a minimum of space on C. I suggest, before you even think of resizing a partition, to read and implement the following guidelines which leew, one of the best experts here on this site, has put together:

http://www.lwcomputing.com/tips/static/bootdrivesize.asp

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Hi Rindi, that was not really my question, i do have to resize my disk,
is it possible to put in another disk and resize the system disk with that disk, just like volumes.
if so, what is the easiest way, using maybe some 3th party software.

but thanks for the document, it has some great tips.

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