System Drive Space Issue

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I administer a Windows 2003 domain. All servers have some flavor of Win2003
server. Two of my older servers have very limited space on the disk that has
the system drive (C:\). When the unused space falls below 10% of the drive's
total space we start having problems especially on the server that has
Exchange 2003.

I have moved everything I can from the system drives and compressed what I
cannot move but the space problem remains. What I need to do is to replace
these old small drives with a larger drive.

Is there a reference that addresses this issue and shows me a reliable
procedure for replacing a system drive. All my data is backed up.
 
Re: System Drive Space Issue

Hey,

Simple: Use NTBackup and backup the entire C: drive. Then, replace the HDD
with a bigger size and restore from the backup file.

Best regards,
Jabez Gan
Microsoft MVP - Windows Server

"Redleg6" <redleg6@community.nospam> wrote in message
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> I administer a Windows 2003 domain. All servers have some flavor of
> Win2003 server. Two of my older servers have very limited space on the
> disk that has the system drive (C:\). When the unused space falls below
> 10% of the drive's total space we start having problems especially on the
> server that has Exchange 2003.
>
> I have moved everything I can from the system drives and compressed what I
> cannot move but the space problem remains. What I need to do is to replace
> these old small drives with a larger drive.
>
> Is there a reference that addresses this issue and shows me a reliable
> procedure for replacing a system drive. All my data is backed up.
>
 
RE: System Drive Space Issue

Hello,

Do you mean that you want to replace the disk or, just want to 'extend' the
C: drive if the disk has more space which might have been assigned to other
drive (e.g. D: drive)?

In the latter situation, you can just add the new disk into the computer,
move all files from D: drive to the new disk and then extend the C: drive
to the whole disk.

If you want to replace the disk, it may be a little complicated.

Firstly, you should check how the current server was installed. If it was
installed by OEM, I would suggest that you contact OEM vendor companies and
work with them to replace the disk. These disks may contain some important
files to boot your system.

If not, you can try the following three methods:

Third-party disk cloning tools:
=====================

Most of these tools may work well. However, as I have little knowledge on
these different tools, and we cannot guarantee whether these tools can
work, I would not suggest that you try this unless you are familiar with it.

Backup and restore:
===============

Usually this will work well and you don't need to reactive the system. The
steps are as Jabez mentioned.

However, we also have seen some problems relating to this. You may even not
boot the system, due to the different device drivers. This method will
consume the reactive count, which means that you can replace fewer devices
before reactivating the system.

Call Microsoft Customer Service and Support:
===================================

I would highly suggest that you call our Microsoft Customer Service and
Support (CSS), for information about replacement manuals, disks, drivers
and service packs, product orders, policies related to copying software on
additional computers, licensing, and product registration.

You can speak directly with a Microsoft Support Professional. For a
complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services phone numbers and
information about support costs, please go to the following address on the
World Wide Web:

http://support.microsoft.com/directory/overview.asp

Sincerely,
George Yin
Microsoft Online Support
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

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RE: System Drive Space Issue

Hello,

I am just writing to see how everything is going. If you have any updates
or need any further assistance on this issue, please feel free to let me
know. I am glad to be of assistance.

Sincerely,
George Yin
Microsoft Online Support
Microsoft Global Technical Support Center

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