resize W2k server os partition

[Paul]

I Have a w2k server with dell openmanage array manager installed.
4 disks, 2 x 18Gb, 2 x 36GB
1 x 18gb with a 4Gb OS partition mirrored to the other 18GB
1 x 36GB with a 36GB data partition mirrored to the other 36GB

each partition is contained in its own virtual disk

I need to increase the size of the OS partition.

I have unmirrored the OS virtual disk and tried volumemanager to
increase this partition but it won't let me.

Can someone please advise solutions to this problem

Paul

 

[Bjorn Landemoo]

Paul

Does this mean that your 18GB disks has only a 4GB partition, and 14GB of
free, unpartitioned, unformatted space? In that case, you might be able to
use diskpart.exe from "safe mode with command prompt" to expand your system
partition to fill the entire disk.

This is normally not recommended on the system partition, but usually works
anyway. Also see this MS Knowledge Base article:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=325590

Another option is to perform an upgrade installation, as this article
describes:

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=289876

Best regards

Bjorn