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Why? that's easy
Because partition manager in NT/2000/2003/XP will not let you resize a basic drive partition without losing data and you can't convert a basic system disc to Dynamic in some circumstances if the O/S was installed on a basic disc.
When Windows server came out, 10GB partition was big enough, but with all the Spacks / updates, a minimum of 20GB is what's needed now. These programmes, Easeus in particular has allowed me to resize my system partitions without a problem to stop the servers complaining of no space on the system drive. I use a licensed copy of Easeus, Active@Boot (which is a boot disc system that incorporates the Activ@partition and have also used Paragon & GParted.
These four have enabled me to recover from some very sticky situations over the years including broken Raid 5 systems! I also use a very low level programme from Boot-IT. Ever wanted to change an NTFS system to FAT32 just by changing the Bit, and editing MBR
Don't do it on live systems though
Never used the other programmes though.
When Windows server came out, 10GB partition was big enough, but with all the Spacks / updates, a minimum of 20GB is what's needed now. These programmes, Easeus in particular has allowed me to resize my system partitions without a problem to stop the servers complaining of no space on the system drive. I use a licensed copy of Easeus, Active@Boot (which is a boot disc system that incorporates the Activ@partition and have also used Paragon & GParted.
These four have enabled me to recover from some very sticky situations over the years including broken Raid 5 systems! I also use a very low level programme from Boot-IT. Ever wanted to change an NTFS system to FAT32 just by changing the Bit, and editing MBR
Don't do it on live systems thoughNever used the other programmes though.
Posted by steve@...
29th Jan
