I actually have a few questions, and I am already leaning towards an answer. But I wanted to talk to a few experts to get different opinions.
I am the IT tech for a small firm, 1 server (Windows 2003, Dell PE 600SC), 20 computers (All Windows XP). Originally I discovered that there isn’t enough room to upgrade to Service Pack 2 on the server. (12 GB partition, 80 GB hardrive) The system partition is too small, the people who installed the server managed to synchronize all the company documents on both the C: drive and the D: drive. Meaning, if I try to move the documents from the C: to another partition, it ends up deleting the documents from the D: drive. I can’t move the company documents at all. Since I could not move the documents at all, I had decided to rebuild the server.
Did a simple back up, and in the process of preparing the server, I disovered that the server BIOS would NOT recognize the CD-ROM. When I tried to change the boot order, the BIOS did not have an option for the CD-ROM. Only the floppy drive and the Hard Drive. Contacted Dell, I was informed that it could be the IDE cable. The reasoning being: that since the CD-ROM is recognized by Win2003, there is a problem with the cable itself. One of the pins is not connected. Which also means that it could be the pins motherboard or the pins on the CD-ROM. Which will take time to test each item to see if replacing parts will fix it, and there is no guarantee that this will work. And it it does, I will still have to reinstall 2003.
Now to my questions:
1) Is there any way to unsync the MyDocuments folder with the company files on the D: drive? Every time I try to move the files from the MyDocuments folder, it deletes it out of the D: drive.
2) Is there any program that can resize the system partition? If I can resize it, I could probably avoid having to reinstall Server 2003.
3) Should I try to fix the problem with the CD-ROM or just install a brand new Server? I am not too concerned about the budget. I am leaning toward getting a new server because I won’t be limited by the previous tech’s mistakes. I will know the server inside and out, and won’t have to worry about the NEXT problem. Also, if I go the route to try to fix it, It will take weeks to order and test each component.
Any help would be appreciated.
