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Reallocating existing partitions - Win Server 2003

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by spincon

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I set up a Windows 2003 server for a client a few years ago. The RAID1 array was partitioned into a system (C:) drive and a data drive (D:).

Now they are running critically low on space on the C: drive but there is plenty of space on the D: drive. I've done everything I can to eliminate/move stuff to the D: drive but there is only 100MB remaining.

Can this drive be repartitioned to allocate some of the space on the D: drive to the C: drive without re-formatting, repartitioning and reinstalling?

Acronis has a server tool that appears to do this but it's more than $600.

Bottom line is that they know that they need a new server and don't want to spend the $600 but need a short term solution.

Thanks!

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by aamsoh

The only easy solution is to use Acronis. or you have to break mirroring and reformation , reinstall and it will take your lot of time.

by spincon

This was going to be my next action, but I wasn't sure whether I had already done this or not. I went to the client's office today and checked the paging location and it was still on C: with a paging size of 2048-4096. I tried moving it completely from C: to D: but got a warning saying that Windows needed at least 200MB for something (don't remember). I left it at 250MB and set the paging file to D: with a size of 2048-4096. It required a restart and after rebooting the C: drive had an additional 2GB of space.

Thanks for the recommendation!

by jellimonsta

I have never used it, but I believe (if you can have a little down time) you could use the GParted LiveCD (*Nix OS) to change partition space for free, without data loss.
You would first need to decrease the D drive, and you could then increase the C drive by that amount.
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php

Good luck. :)

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