1 Topic by sescoyote (edited by sescoyote 2008-07-14 23:35:33)

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Topic: Gparted and Windows 2003 Server?

I have a Dell server that came with only 4 GB on the boot partition (Good God why?) and it is quickly running out of space.   Will Gparted work in allowing me to resize the NTFS boot partition into something greater than 4 GB?  Are there any issues I should look out for?


Here is what I have listed in my Computer Management tab:

Volume        Layout        Type     File System      Status                         Capacity      Free Space
                   Partition     Basic     NTFS               Healthy (EISA Config)   31MB          31MB
(C: )             Partition     Basic     NTFS               Healthy (System)          4.00 GB      118MB
NV (D: )        Partition     Basic     NTFS               Healthy (Page File)        31.20 GB    408 MB
NV (E: )         Partition     Basic     NTFS               Healthy (Page File)       32.10 GB     6.17GB

My plan is to defrag the harddrive and use Clonezilla to backup my disk through a USB Drive and then use Gparted to extend the NTFS system partition.    If anything went wrong I can use the restore from the USB Drive.   



TIA

2 Reply by class413

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Re: Gparted and Windows 2003 Server?

You can do it, and taking backup is needed, not only for partitioning work. You can use the Gparted livecd for the partition resizing operations.
Nevertheless, I don't see where is the disk space you plan to use for expanding your system partition. Could you please run Gparted to report information on partitions and unallocated space in detail ?

(Topic moved to the live media section)

*** It is highly recommended to backup any important files before doing resize/move operations. ***