Enlarge system partition (c:) on Windows 2003 Server

[Just Guessing]

Is there a way to enlarge the system partition (c:) on Windows 2003 Server?
I have heard that typical repartitioning software isn't recommended on a
server. Has anyone ever done it? Or is there an acceptible way of doing it,
short of reinstalling Windows? Thanks!

[Brett I. Holcomb]

Well, if you have extra space then you might check out diskpart and
see if that will work.

On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:18:02 -0800, Just Guessing

Post by Just Guessing
Is there a way to enlarge the system partition (c:) on Windows 2003 Server?
I have heard that typical repartitioning software isn't recommended on a
server. Has anyone ever done it? Or is there an acceptible way of doing it,
short of reinstalling Windows? Thanks!

[WorkingHard]

no diskpart magic on the system partition.

take a verfied good backup of teh server, even an extra image of the disk
for safety and than use the free tool gparted live cd (google it and read
the manual) to extend the c partition

cheers

Post by Brett I. Holcomb
Well, if you have extra space then you might check out diskpart and
see if that will work.
On Sun, 16 Dec 2007 16:18:02 -0800, Just Guessing

Post by Just Guessing
Is there a way to enlarge the system partition (c:) on Windows 2003 Server?
I have heard that typical repartitioning software isn't recommended on a
server. Has anyone ever done it? Or is there an acceptible way of doing it,
short of reinstalling Windows? Thanks!

[Daveg]

If you can leverage drive expansion from the hardware array to add
capacity to c:, so that you will so the new free space as unallocated
on the same disk that C: partition resides, diskpart may work. You
cannot use diskpart when the OS, page file etc are in use however, you
might try booting to WinPE 2.0 and then using diskpart to expand c: as
it is no longer in use and should expand.

daveg

[Nick Payne]

I have used the server edition of Paragon Partition Manager to expand system
partition on Win2003 servers without any problem.
http://www.partition-manager.com/

Post by Just Guessing
Is there a way to enlarge the system partition (c:) on Windows 2003 Server?
I have heard that typical repartitioning software isn't recommended on a
server. Has anyone ever done it? Or is there an acceptible way of doing it,
short of reinstalling Windows? Thanks!

[qin w]

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http://www.partition-tool.com/easeus-partition-manager-server/

Post by Just Guessing
Is there a way to enlarge the system partition (c:) on Windows 2003 Server?
I have heard that typical repartitioning software isn't recommended on a
server. Has anyone ever done it? Or is there an acceptible way of doing it,
short of reinstalling Windows? Thanks!

Post by Brett I. Holcomb
Well, if you have extra space then you might check out diskpart and
see if that will work.

Post by WorkingHard
no diskpart magic on the system partition.
take a verfied good backup of teh server, even an extra image of the disk
for safety and than use the free tool gparted live cd (google it and read
the manual) to extend the c partition
cheers

Post by Daveg
If you can leverage drive expansion from the hardware array to add
capacity to c:, so that you will so the new free space as unallocated
on the same disk that C: partition resides, diskpart may work. You
cannot use diskpart when the OS, page file etc are in use however, you
might try booting to WinPE 2.0 and then using diskpart to expand c: as
it is no longer in use and should expand.
daveg

Post by Nick Payne
I have used the server edition of Paragon Partition Manager to expand system
partition on Win2003 servers without any problem.
http://www.partition-manager.com/

[j***@gmail.com]

Post by Just Guessing
Is there a way to enlarge the system partition (c:) on Windows 2003 Server?
I have heard that typical repartitioning software isn't recommended on a
server. Has anyone ever done it? Or is there an acceptible way of doing it,
short of reinstalling Windows? Thanks!

Hey,

I know this thread has exist for a long time, but I thinks there are still many people looking for a flexible way that could help re-sizing partition rather than use build in disk management, and Partition Magic is out of date, so there is a freeware AOMEI Partition Assistant Lite edition which could resize the partition smoothly, you can learn more: http://www.disk-partition.com/AOMEI-special-offer-10.html