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Moving User Profiles and Users Home folders to a new drive - windows 2003

Windows 2008 domain controller storing 120 user profiles and all of their redirected user directories.

These are stored on a Windows 2003 Server (not a DC)

The server has two arrays on it.

1 - c and d drives - c has 3gb left on it d with the profiles and user documents on it has less than 4gb left.

2 a new 136 gb drive that is empty = E drive.

(PS both arrays are raid 1+0)

I need to move the profiles and user documents (about 20gb) to the new E drive.

is there a quick and easy way of doing this -

the 100+ users records all point to a share that these are stored on which i intend to recreate so i dont have to change any of the users records.

Sadly the drives used int he arrays are different sizes so i cant simply add the new storage to that array.....

is there another technology i can use to increase the size of the share in a virtual mannr - (dfs or some other such thing)

grateful for any help.

yours

ed
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Thanks - i saw this which is why i asked for an easy way.

i think i will have to just move the user home folders

which causes me a problem as i have both entries in the user records set to the same share. if i move one set i would have to change all 120 records.

any other ideas. - is there a way of having two different disks as part of the same network share?

have been searching but cannot think of a  way

ed
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that - i think is exactly the answer i was hoping for.

although if i move them all (roaming profiles) and user drives then i wont need to amend any, but is very useful for future reference.

many thanks

ed
perfect thanks.