Would this work?

MasterPlan1 · 18 Nov 2010 at 11:06

I've got a server which is causing me some grief, as it was built in yesteryear when a 4Gb C: was ample, and the C: is full and even basic logging is causing apps to fall over because the C: is out of space.

If I, create a new VM with the right disk partitioning that I want, do a restore over it, would that work? I'm pretty sure it would, but yeah but always good to have some other opinions.

Thanks

[Darkend]Viper · 18 Nov 2010 at 11:24

I would take a full backup of the machine and then use a program to resize the first partition.
Other option is to move temp files location to another partion, and use VMware converter, as i'm sure it lets you adjust partition sizes during the process.

MasterPlan1 · 18 Nov 2010 at 11:26

Tried resizing partitions, doesn't like it one bit. I even had the weirdest thing happen, I resized, and the partition size changed, but file system didn't recgonise the new space.

Little_Crow · 18 Nov 2010 at 11:57

Is this already a VM or a physical server?
Also what OS is this server?
How did you resize the partition?

Assuming Windows 2003:
If you've resized the disks using something like Partition Magic or Gparted you need to let the disk check run the next time it boots.
If you didn't or arent sure run 'chkdsk /R', this will ask you if you want to run the check next time the system is rebooted, choose Y and reboot the server.

This should fix your volumes not showing the full space.

MasterPlan1 · 18 Nov 2010 at 12:27

It's already a VM, it's Windows 2000, which is were a lot of my issues are coming from, and I originally used gparted.

Little_Crow · 18 Nov 2010 at 13:19

What does the C: Drive look like in Disk Management?
Is the disk the size you expanded it to in VMWare? and is the partition the full size of the disk?

If the disk is the right size, but the partition isn't I would run gparted again and make sure you committed the changes.
If everything here is reporting correctly as you would expect, the I would run chkdsk /R and reboot

MasterPlan1 · 18 Nov 2010 at 13:51

Sorted, did a winPE boot disk and used a newer version of diskpart off the system, so the partition wasn't in use. I now have an amazing 4Gb extra on that disk! Yay.