Guest Russel Posted October 9, 2007 Posted October 9, 2007 I currently have Win2003 server with a mirror, partitioned as C:system and D:Data. I need to increase the space available on both drives so have installed two new hard drives as a seperate mirror. My plan is to copy the data to the new drive, rename the old D: and then rename the new mirror to D: I then want to extend the system drive. My plan here is to break the mirror, delete any partitions on the second drive and then, from a dos boot, clone the old C: partition to this new larger drive. I intend to then remove the first drive and start the OS. Then use the disk tool to delete old C: and D: and create a new mirror with effectively the "new" drive. I plan to use Ghost to do the cloning. Are there any reasons why this won't work?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted October 9, 2007 Posted October 9, 2007 Re: Extending a system partition "Russel" <Russel@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:35500AFE-08CE-4CDE-B386-9F362543BD96@microsoft.com... >I currently have Win2003 server with a mirror, partitioned as C:system and > D:Data. > I need to increase the space available on both drives so have installed > two > new hard drives as a seperate mirror. > My plan is to copy the data to the new drive, rename the old D: and then > rename the new mirror to D: > I then want to extend the system drive. My plan here is to break the > mirror, > delete any partitions on the second drive and then, from a dos boot, clone > the old C: partition to this new larger drive. I intend to then remove the > first drive and start the OS. Then use the disk tool to delete old C: and > D: > and create a new mirror with effectively the "new" drive. > I plan to use Ghost to do the cloning. > Are there any reasons why this won't work? > I was unable to completely follow the path you outlined but in general it looks fine, with these reservations: - I do not use Ghost. Does it work with servers? - Your new system disk may end up having the wrong drive letter. Have a look here for a recipe to fix this problem: http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb%3Ben-us%3B223188&x=9&y=13
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