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Combining C: & D: drives Server 2008
I have a client whom has a parent company that shipped them 2 servers already installed, partitioned, attached to domain, etc. They have a C: & D: drive that is partitioned on same physical drive, though mirrored. The parent company partitioned the C: drive to small, is it possible to combine the D: drive into the C: drive without rebuilding the whole server? We plan on moving any data on the D: drive to another location, so we don't have to worry about any data on it. OS is Server 2008 R2 Std x64 with NTFS formatting.
use third party tools like partition magic as far as i know you cant resize partitions with existing windows tools
You can make an image of your C: partition, reformat the whole drive as one partition and then put back your image. As long as no part of the OS was refering to the D: drive, it will work as if nothing happenned.
I did it using GHOST from Symantec with a server where we replaced 3 drives in RAID5 with bigger capacity and worked like a charm, still does.
Cheers,
Andy
I did it using GHOST from Symantec with a server where we replaced 3 drives in RAID5 with bigger capacity and worked like a charm, still does.
Cheers,
Andy
You can shrink and extend partitions easily within Windows Server 2008 R2 using the built-in Disk Management snap-in. There is no need to install 3rd party software, reformat, reimage and etc.
1) First, move all data off of the D partition for sake keeping.
2) Next, navigate to Disk Management by right-clicking Computer > Manage > Storage > Disk Management.
3) Right-click the D partition and choose Shrink Volume. Shrink the partition to the desired size.
4) Right-click the C partition and choose Extend Volume. Extend the partition to the desired size.
5) Reboot to verify and you're done.
1) First, move all data off of the D partition for sake keeping.
2) Next, navigate to Disk Management by right-clicking Computer > Manage > Storage > Disk Management.
3) Right-click the D partition and choose Shrink Volume. Shrink the partition to the desired size.
4) Right-click the C partition and choose Extend Volume. Extend the partition to the desired size.
5) Reboot to verify and you're done.
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Thank you all for your comments. I am going to attempt Frostsystems solutions (with PowerEdgeTech's advice). I will post results.
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