garyrhouston
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How to expand boot partition (C: drive) on Windows SBS 2003
My SBS 2003 was configured with a 20GB C: boot partition and the remaining space (220GB) was left unpartitioned. The C: drive has run out of space and I would like to add the unpartitioned space to C: drive
The system is a Dell PowerEdge 830 with 250GB mirrored raid.
What is the simplest , safest and least expensive way to expand the size of the C: drive using the unpartitioned space?
The system is a Dell PowerEdge 830 with 250GB mirrored raid.
What is the simplest , safest and least expensive way to expand the size of the C: drive using the unpartitioned space?
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I'm well aware of SBS limitations and requirements. As I stated, I have several clients using it... MOST with 30+ GB Information Stores... and 12-20 GB C: drives.
Read my article. In my opinion, it's unwise to keep the Exchange stores on the C: drive in the first place - move them to another partition (as my article states), and you have no need for potentially 160 GB of space JUST for exchange (remember, if you want to perform an offline defrag (and not specify another partition for the temp file), you NEED 110% of the size of the information store).
Read my article. In my opinion, it's unwise to keep the Exchange stores on the C: drive in the first place - move them to another partition (as my article states), and you have no need for potentially 160 GB of space JUST for exchange (remember, if you want to perform an offline defrag (and not specify another partition for the temp file), you NEED 110% of the size of the information store).
Remember SBS is designed for up to 75 users, and Exchange supports an information store up to aprox 80gb post SP2. It's not uncommon to exceed 20gb on SBS.