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File Server Re Build

I have a file Server running on Windows 2003, due to its end of support we have planned to upgrade the Server to Windows 2008, But will not be able to perform an in-place Upgrade due to the following reasons

01) The Server C Drive is only 16 GB
02) Server has Only 2 GB Currently.

S0 We have planned to Upgrade the Memory to 4 GB / 8 GB and then reinstall the OS to 2008 on the Server by Re Partitioning the existing Disk, But the Challenge is about the file Shares.

There are close to 300 Shares on the Server residing on a separate Disk and I Cant migrate then to another server due to space Issue.

Can you please suggest a better way to Archive this using Native tools.

Scott Mickelson

-You could use a partition manager to resize the existing partition or create a new partition, leaving the existing Data Drive (I am assuming there is a D: Drive where the file shares reside?). Then install Server 2008 and once you have it installed, blow away the Server 2003 partition.
-Are the exisitng drives in a RAID Array? Is it possibly to add an additional Mirror of disks to the server?
Here is a bit of information regarding copying Windows Shares, which would need to be done on the original OS, prior to removing the OS.
http://support2.microsoft.com/?id=125996

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Mark Galvin

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Seshadrim

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Hi Mark,

The Solution you have provided seems to be applicable in my Scenario, I will review the Existing RAID Configurations and see if I can use your suggestion.

Will update you.

Mark Galvin

Great.

I'm in the process of writing an article on the projects I did and hope to have the finished article up soon. If you run into any hiccups then let me know.

Thanks
Mark