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      16th Nov 2004
I have a server with RAID 1 and 3 partitions. The system partition is only 4
Gig and they have run out of free space, and therefore can no longer run
Windows Update. Is there any way to enlarge the system partition without
re-partitioning and re-installing the OS and programs? There is no
unallocated or unpartitioned space, but there is free space on the other 2
partitions. I think Norton used to have a software tool, DiskMagic, that
promised the ability to do this? Or do I need to just plan on re-installing
everything?
Thanks!
 
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      18th Nov 2004
Find the HDD large enough to fit RAID data (or move the data temporarily)
and clone. Depending on cloning software you can save an image on a network
share. Be careful if the server is the only DC.



 
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      22nd Nov 2004
Thanks for the suggestion. The server is the only server of any kind, so
we'd like to minimize downtime and would prefer a software solution.

"Jetro" wrote:

> Find the HDD large enough to fit RAID data (or move the data temporarily)
> and clone. Depending on cloning software you can save an image on a network
> share. Be careful if the server is the only DC.
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      23rd Nov 2004
Resizing with Volume Manager or similar tools can be destructive and
downtime would be far longer than couple of hours for cloning.


 
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