Spanned volume

[Guest]

I have a strange problem.I have a windows 2000 server(Dell Poweredge).It has
2*33 GB HDD.
Disk is configured like this..
c:\ 8 GB Basic Disk - Physical Disk1
d:\ 5 GB Basic Disk - Physical Disk 1
f:\ 33 GB Basic Disk - Physical Disk 2

I have 20 GB of unallocated space on Disk 1.I need space on f Drive so I
converted all basic disk
to dynamic disk.Then when i try to extend the volume,it says " Disks which
are created using basic
disk cannot be spanned"

I have lot of applications installed on F: drive.Getting the application
installed back is tough job.
I need to know how to sort out this problem. Plz help me

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have a strange problem.I have a windows 2000 server(Dell Poweredge).It has
2*33 GB HDD.
Disk is configured like this..
c:\ 8 GB Basic Disk - Physical Disk1
d:\ 5 GB Basic Disk - Physical Disk 1
f:\ 33 GB Basic Disk - Physical Disk 2

I have 20 GB of unallocated space on Disk 1.I need space on f Drive so I
converted all basic disk
to dynamic disk.Then when i try to extend the volume,it says " Disks which
are created using basic
disk cannot be spanned"

I have lot of applications installed on F: drive.Getting the application
installed back is tough job.
I need to know how to sort out this problem. Plz help me

In view of how cheap disks are, I would never consider using
tools such as spanning disks. Doing so would give me more
space on drive C: while at the same time reducing reliability.
Instead I would do this:

- Get an 80 GByte disk.
- Use an imaging product to copy drives C: and D: to
appropriately sized partitions on the new disk.

Instead of using an imaging product, xcopy.exe (with appropriate
switches!) could be used to if the two disks can be temporarily
installed in some some Win2000/XP PC. If so then the boot
environment of the new drive C: would need to be restored.

This method is absolutely safe, because you're not making
any change to your original disk.
too if the old and the new disk can b

 

[Guest]

Its a Server class poweredge system and i wont get a similar kinda of
machine.The dependency is too high to get it changed even for time being...
I cannot afford much downtime too for this,,,,

Regards
san

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

The downtime for copying a 13 GByte disk is less than an hour.
Furthermore, if you've never done this sort of thing before then
you can practise with some other machine. Here is my time table
if I had to do it:

Day 1: x hours for practice runs.
Day 2: 1 hour downtime to clone the old disk and to make the
new disk bootable.

If things fail then you still have the original disk. Nothing lost!