Merge Disk / Re-partition Disk drive without formatting?

[Guest Bruce Powers]

Hi,

 

My server (Windows Server 2003 32xbit) is running low of disk space on

Primary Drive C. There are 2 partitions on the physical drive:

Drive C (12GB) for the operating system and Apps

Drvie D (136GB) for data.

Is there a way (or any 3rd party applicaiton) to merge this C partition with

D or repartition the hard disk without reformating the drive?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

BKP

[Guest Dooges]

RE: Merge Disk / Re-partition Disk drive without formatting?

 

Partition Magic used to be able to resize and merge partitions. I haven't

used it in quite awhile but it was a pretty decent tool back in the day... I

think Symantec owns it now.

 

To recoup some space on C: in the interim you can move the pagefile to the

D: partition... might give you a gig or two of breathing room.

 

 

"Bruce Powers" wrote:

> Hi,

>

> My server (Windows Server 2003 32xbit) is running low of disk space on

> Primary Drive C. There are 2 partitions on the physical drive:

> Drive C (12GB) for the operating system and Apps

> Drvie D (136GB) for data.

> Is there a way (or any 3rd party applicaiton) to merge this C partition with

> D or repartition the hard disk without reformating the drive?

>

> Thanks in advance,

>

> BKP

>

>

[Guest T_A_C]

RE: Merge Disk / Re-partition Disk drive without formatting?

 

I would look into Acronis Disk Director...

 

"Dooges" wrote:

> Partition Magic used to be able to resize and merge partitions. I haven't

> used it in quite awhile but it was a pretty decent tool back in the day... I

> think Symantec owns it now.

>

> To recoup some space on C: in the interim you can move the pagefile to the

> D: partition... might give you a gig or two of breathing room.

>

>

> "Bruce Powers" wrote:

>

> > Hi,

> >

> > My server (Windows Server 2003 32xbit) is running low of disk space on

> > Primary Drive C. There are 2 partitions on the physical drive:

> > Drive C (12GB) for the operating system and Apps

> > Drvie D (136GB) for data.

> > Is there a way (or any 3rd party applicaiton) to merge this C partition with

> > D or repartition the hard disk without reformating the drive?

> >

> > Thanks in advance,

> >

> > BKP

> >

> >

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Merge Disk / Re-partition Disk drive without formatting?

 

 

"Bruce Powers" <Bruce Powers@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:8F1A8DF2-C5D5-40D4-9F7C-2600FB937880@microsoft.com...

> Hi,

>

> My server (Windows Server 2003 32xbit) is running low of disk space on

> Primary Drive C. There are 2 partitions on the physical drive:

> Drive C (12GB) for the operating system and Apps

> Drvie D (136GB) for data.

> Is there a way (or any 3rd party applicaiton) to merge this C partition

> with

> D or repartition the hard disk without reformating the drive?

>

> Thanks in advance,

>

> BKP

>

 

As T_A_C says, Acronis Disk Director can do it. You could

also boot the server with a Bart PE Boot CD and use robocopy.exe

to copy the whole disk to a spare disk before repartitioning it.

Whichever method you use, make sure to take a full backup first

and to test the backup on a spare disk. Partitioning tools work

most of the time but not every time. Better safe than sorry . . .

[Guest Bruce Powers]

Re: Merge Disk / Re-partition Disk drive without formatting?

 

Thank you all

Bruce

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

> "Bruce Powers" <Bruce Powers@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:8F1A8DF2-C5D5-40D4-9F7C-2600FB937880@microsoft.com...

> > Hi,

> >

> > My server (Windows Server 2003 32xbit) is running low of disk space on

> > Primary Drive C. There are 2 partitions on the physical drive:

> > Drive C (12GB) for the operating system and Apps

> > Drvie D (136GB) for data.

> > Is there a way (or any 3rd party applicaiton) to merge this C partition

> > with

> > D or repartition the hard disk without reformating the drive?

> >

> > Thanks in advance,

> >

> > BKP

> >

>

> As T_A_C says, Acronis Disk Director can do it. You could

> also boot the server with a Bart PE Boot CD and use robocopy.exe

> to copy the whole disk to a spare disk before repartitioning it.

> Whichever method you use, make sure to take a full backup first

> and to test the backup on a spare disk. Partitioning tools work

> most of the time but not every time. Better safe than sorry . . .

>

>

>

[Guest subinleo]

Re: Merge Disk / Re-partition Disk drive without formatting?

 

 

You may find that there is not enough free space on a certain partition.

For example, you want to enlarge C: drive, which usually is Windows

system drive. EASEUS Partition Manager Personal lets you free enlarge or

reduce a partition in Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server(Only Server Edition)

without destroying data easily.

for

 

more:http://www.partition-tool.com/easeus-partition-manager/help/resizing-and-moving-partition.htm

 

 

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Re-partition Disk drive without formatting?

 

Re-partition Disk drive without formatting?

 

You may choose some famous software to help you, such as Partition magic, EASEUS Partition Manager. However, you should tell whether your computer is server or not because Partition magic does not support server and it can not be updated for a period of time. You can download a demo to have a try:http://www.easeus.com/download.htm.Please share your feeling with me after you usage:)Hope it can help you:)

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