Resize partition Windows Server 2003

loltim · 26 Sep 2013 at 18:53

I can't remember the name of the software but I'm sure I've done this before.

C and D drive are on the same physical disk, so it should just be a case of shrinking D and then increasing C, right?

The only snag I seem to recall with this software (that I can't for the life of me remember the name of) was that the freshly unallocated space (after shrinking) had to be larger than the newly resized D partition. Is this just how the file system works or was it a limitation to the software?

I simply just want to take 50GB off D and add it onto C. I would prefer not to have to shrink the D drive massively, just to account for the partition adjustment. Hope this makes sense.

Any help appreciated.

bledd · 26 Sep 2013 at 20:07

Parted magic (gparted is on the disc)

loltim · 26 Sep 2013 at 22:57

can I do it within windows with that? that looks like a bootable iso? I need to do this remotely.

Mercurial · 27 Sep 2013 at 19:08

diskpart (cmd line tool) will do what you need in 2003.

loltim · 29 Sep 2013 at 12:36

You can't extend the system partition in 2003 using diskpart, i'm sure of it.

unleashed · 1 Oct 2013 at 13:39

EDIT blonde moment

CliffyG · 1 Oct 2013 at 13:49

You can't shrink using disk manager or diskpart in 2003. You can extend but the free space has to be next to it (I think).

Django x2 · 1 Oct 2013 at 14:30

Yep, in 2003 it needs to be a 3rd party tool to get full partition control