Resize C partition on Server 2008 & Moving Data
I read another post about resizing a the C partition on a server running Windows Server 2008 R2 and am wondering if this will work for my situation:
Here is my scenario:
C partition - 20 GB and almost full
E partition - 278 GB with less that 80 GB data and apps.
Wondering if this will work:
Shrink Volume on E 80 GB
Create a new partition F from the 80 GB
Copy everything from E to F
Delete E partition
Extend Volume on C 20 GB
Recreate E partition
Copy everything back to E
Delete F partition
Extend Volume E
Do you think this will work and do you think I will have to use the DISKPART command or will this work from Disk Management?
Here is my scenario:
C partition - 20 GB and almost full
E partition - 278 GB with less that 80 GB data and apps.
Wondering if this will work:
Shrink Volume on E 80 GB
Create a new partition F from the 80 GB
Copy everything from E to F
Delete E partition
Extend Volume on C 20 GB
Recreate E partition
Copy everything back to E
Delete F partition
Extend Volume E
Do you think this will work and do you think I will have to use the DISKPART command or will this work from Disk Management?
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Will try later today and let you know.
that is if it is on the same volume if it is on another disk you cannot extend the volume. I just tested it on my 2008 Server.
You can only extend the OS partition if it is on the same disk
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When I created a new partition (F) it is an Extended Partition. Will this matter?
I'm also going move the page file to F. I can't delete E because the page file is there.
I'm also going move the page file to F. I can't delete E because the page file is there.
No, it won't matter ... once you delete F: to extend your new/smaller E: partition, E: will be a regular primary partition again (not that it would matter anyway).
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Hopefully just one more question. When I recreate my E partion, how do I make it a primary partion like it was. Maybe it doesn't matter, but that's what it was before.
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I found the answer to that. So now I'm just waiting on the new partition to be created.
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Thanks! Worked perfectly.
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Just for info: A network/server consultant told me I would have to reformat and partition the drives. I'm thankful I found the info on EE about resizing. It was really hard to delete the data drive, even though I had backups of the data, especially since I'm working on this remotely. Thanks again!
Glad it did :)
It's one of the huge improvements over 2003 ... one that many people still haven't seemed to figure out, amazingly.
Partitions can be extended but the O/S drive is a little different
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mghazai/archive/2009/02/24/extend-system-boot-volume-on-windows-server-2008-windows-vista-win7-beta.aspx