Extending 2003 Server system/boot volume

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Anyone know of any tools that will allow me to extend the 2003 Server
system/boot volume? I inherited a server from someone who obviously thought
10Gb was always going to be sufficient.and, of course, I'm rapidly running
out of space due to service packs, etc. Neither Symantec's Partition Magic
nor Paragon's Partition Manager Server Edition appear to be any good for
this because my OS resides on a RAID system.
 
Re: Extending 2003 Server system/boot volume


"Terry Hall" <terryh at cds-sf dot org> wrote in message
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> Anyone know of any tools that will allow me to extend the 2003 Server
> system/boot volume? I inherited a server from someone who obviously
> thought 10Gb was always going to be sufficient.and, of course, I'm rapidly
> running out of space due to service packs, etc. Neither Symantec's
> Partition Magic nor Paragon's Partition Manager Server Edition appear to
> be any good for this because my OS resides on a RAID system.

AFAIK, Acronis DiskDirector (Server) will do it.
 
RE: Extending 2003 Server system/boot volume

Other thing is to look for items that are wasting space.

i386 folder, $NTUninstall folders, logs,etc.

Plus, you can move the swapfile to another volume.

Unless you're running some very exotic stuff I'd be surprised if a server C:
drive should need 10GB. (Though I normally give them >20 to be safe!)


"Terry Hall" wrote:

> Anyone know of any tools that will allow me to extend the 2003 Server
> system/boot volume? I inherited a server from someone who obviously thought
> 10Gb was always going to be sufficient.and, of course, I'm rapidly running
> out of space due to service packs, etc. Neither Symantec's Partition Magic
> nor Paragon's Partition Manager Server Edition appear to be any good for
> this because my OS resides on a RAID system.
>
>
>
 
Re: Extending 2003 Server system/boot volume


"Anteaus" <Anteaus@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Other thing is to look for items that are wasting space.
>
> i386 folder, $NTUninstall folders, logs,etc.
>
> Plus, you can move the swapfile to another volume.
>
> Unless you're running some very exotic stuff I'd be surprised if a server
> C:
> drive should need 10GB. (Though I normally give them >20 to be safe!)

In my experience a 10GByte primary server partition is so
tight that it will always require ongoing attention. The 20
GBytes you mention would be a far more comfortable value.
 
RE: Extending 2003 Server system/boot volume


"Terry Hall" wrote:

> Anyone know of any tools that will allow me to extend the 2003 Server
> system/boot volume? I inherited a server from someone who obviously thought
> 10Gb was always going to be sufficient.and, of course, I'm rapidly running
> out of space due to service packs, etc. Neither Symantec's Partition Magic
> nor Paragon's Partition Manager Server Edition appear to be any good for
> this because my OS resides on a RAID system.
>
>
Do you have to resize? I inherited an even tighter situation.

We run our DC (hosting DHCP, DNS, WINS, file server and App Server for
database serving entire design, manufacture, and sales functions) with 7.84
Gbyte of C: drive, currently 1Gbyte is free.

I freed up space on the C: drive by following steps:

1) 1.5Gbyte - Move most of C:\pagefile.sys to D:

Create a new file D:\pagefile.sys, min = 1536Mbyte, max = 1536Mbyte
Modify file C:\pagefile.sys, min = 128Mbyte, max = 128Mbyte

Use regedit.exe to set
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Mnager\Memory Management
ClearPageFileAtShutdown DWORD 0 => 1

Takes effect when you re-boot.

2) 1Gbyte - Move all folders C:\windows\$nt*uninst* to D:\exc_windows\

You can't uninstall MS updates to your operating system without moving them
back, but in 2 years in this job I have never wanted to!

3) 0.65Gbyte - move app software
If you have install CD or download, uninstall from C:\Program Files\ and
re-install in D:\moved_programs\

These changes have been in place for 2 years with no problems.

4) 0.16Gbyte - Move folders C:\windows\ie7 and \ie7updates to D:\exc_windows\

Done this morning.
--
Regards,
Newell White
 
Re: Extending 2003 Server system/boot volume

Terry Hall wrote:
> Anyone know of any tools that will allow me to extend the 2003 Server
> system/boot volume? I inherited a server from someone who obviously thought
> 10Gb was always going to be sufficient.and, of course, I'm rapidly running
> out of space due to service packs, etc. Neither Symantec's Partition Magic
> nor Paragon's Partition Manager Server Edition appear to be any good for
> this because my OS resides on a RAID system.
>
>
10 GB is sufficient with just a little bit of management and some
reconfiguration. You should NOT have Exchange running off the C: drive
- put it on another partition (preferably a dedicated partition and more
preferably, a dedicated disk array).

I have a web page with over 20 things you can do to alleviate disk space
issues WITHOUT resizing. please see
http://www.lwcomputing.com/tips/static/bootdrivesize.asp

-leew
 
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