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I have an nt server that has a system partition of 1GB, I need to resize that partition without rebuilding the server; Can this be done and how?

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by bill cassada

Partition Magic can do this, but to install you will have to reboot.

Norton system utilities can also do this.

by tigre_269

Bill is right, but you need Server Magic for an NT server. Go online to www.powerquest.com, and under products you'll see Server Magic. You can request a 30 day trial version. It's a great utility that has spared me from having to rebuild five servers. Word of advice, verify a full complete backup, run chkdsk to make sure you don't have any disk errors and if possible, defrag your drive. If you don't have a defrag util, download diskeeper lite, from executinve software. It's free. http://www.execsoft.com/coverpage.asp
Last note, make sure you read the documentation on Server Magic throughly.
Good luck.

by tigre_269

Also, I recommend to image your drive before you attempt to repartition the drive. I've used Norton Ghost with success.

by bjorn.dohmen

Kalvi isn't completely right, Partition Magic 4 or higher can resize NTFS partitions.
It makes no difference between a Windows NT 4.0 server, Windows 2000 (Advanced)Server, Or Windows NT Workstation, Windows 2000 Professional. they all use NTFS, ifyou installed it when configuring the computer, converted it after installation.
When Partition Magic recognizes an NTFS volume, he shows it by an different color(only the Partition Magic GUI-versions)

An other story is to copy or duplicate an partition to an other disk, then you have to get Server Magic.

An Great Tool for everyone to defragment an NTFS volume is OO Defrag, look at www.OO-Software.com

by computerdude

Partition Magic 4 does NOT allow resizing of NT server. Only workstation. You will need server magic.

Dave

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