Extending a partition in Server 2008

See if this helps..

http://www.techsupportforum.com/forums/f10/how-can-i-increase-size-of-c-drive-169794.html
http://www.extend-partition.com/extend-system-boot-partition.html

Good Luck..!!
~SG~

both of those suggest products that look great, but their demo products do not actually do what I want/need it to do.  I have to purchase the full version.  While I don't mind paying for software that I would put to good use, I see this as a one-time use.  Do you have any suggestions to some freeware, or cheaper version that would do the trick?

thanks.  

I think you've used inbuilt Microsoft tool to free up space at the end of D: drive. And you need it between C: and D: drives. Unfortunately Windows cannot do this.
What you can do is - use freeware Parted Magic boot CD: http://sourceforge.net/projects/partedmagic/ to boot the server from and perform shrink of D: first (its left border should be moved to right) and then allocate the space to C:
Or use paid version such as Paragon Partition Manager 11 Server www.partition-manager.com which has plenty of features such as copy HDD, P2P Adjust OS, Backup, partition and degrag. Download it - install - right click on D: - select Move/Resize - catch the start of D: and drag it to right. Apply changes.
Then right click on C: - Move/Resize - catch the end of C: and drag it left. Resize is done.
In any case you need to take backup of C: and D: first.

thank you for yoru help.  I will need to do a full backup of the system this weekend to make sure.  thank you all for your help. I  will let you know.