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May 12, 2011 at 11:17 AM
puterguy07

Can I partition Server 2008 R2 using GParted?

by puterguy07 . Updated 13 years, 9 months ago

I have a Dell R710 server with PERC 6 RAID controller and 2 logical partitions in that RAID array. My C: drive partition (OS partition) is running low on space (1 Gig left), but my D: (data partition) has a lot of space left. My questions are as follows:

1. I’ve heard that GParted has issues with Windows Vista, 7 and Server 2008 because of changes to the code base starting in Vista. Is this still true, or have newer versions of GParted Live fixed this issue? Something with rounding cylinders and moving the starting cylinder, rendering the system unbootable.

2. Can I both shrink the data partition and extend the OS partition in one operation, and just hit the “apply” button?

3. Are there any special settings I need to use to make this work in Server 2008 R2?

Thanks in advance.

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