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Thanks for the quick response!
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Hi, yes actually we're planning two backups but I take your point. Thanks very much.
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Hi, yes actually we're planning two backups but I take your point. Thanks very much.

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This might seem like a simple question, but I wanted to check it out as I haven't needed to resize any server partitions for some time.<br />
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We have a 2008 server with very little space on the OS patition (C:) but bags of space on the Data partition (D:).<br />
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I'm planning to copy the data off D:, delete D:, resize C:, recreate D:, and then pull the data back to D:<br />
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Given that the disks are hardware RAID, transparent to Windows, one presumes this will work well and no special attention is required due to the RAID?
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This might seem like a simple question, but I wanted to check it out as I haven't needed to resize any server partitions for some time.

We have a 2008 server with very little space on the OS patition (C:) but bags of space on the Data partition (D:).

I'm planning to copy the data off D:, delete D:, resize C:, recreate D:, and then pull the data back to D:

Given that the disks are hardware RAID, transparent to Windows, one presumes this will work well and no special attention is required due to the RAID?

Resize Partition on Hardware Raid Array

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.

Windows Server 2008

Storage devices include any device used for storing and retrieving digital information. Hard disk drives (HDDs) use one or more rigid ("hard") rapidly rotating disks (platters) coated with magnetic material. Data is accessed in a random-access manner, meaning that individual blocks of data can be stored or retrieved in any order and not only sequentially. The primary competing technology for secondary storage is flash memory in the form of solid-state drives (SSDs), but HDDs remain the dominant medium for secondary storage due to advantages in price per bit and per-device recording capacity. CD-RW (Compact Disc-ReWritable) is a digital optical disc storage format that allows information to be stored outside the mechanical HDD.

Storage Hardware

Computer data storage, often called storage or memory, is a technology consisting of computer components and recording media used to retain digital data. In addition to local storage devices like CD and DVD readers, hard drives and flash drives, solid state drives can hold enormous amounts of data in a very small device. Cloud services and other new forms of remote storage also add to the capacity of devices and their ability to access more data without building additional data storage into a device.

Storage

RAID stands for Redundant Array of Independent Disks.

RAID is data storage technology that allows multiple drives to be used together as a single virtual drive for reasons such as fault tolerance, reliability and performance. 

There are several different levels of RAID that determine how the data is stored and the level of redundancy achieved across the drives.