how to resize partitions in Win2K Server ? PartitionMagic does not work

[THELAIR]

Got a win2k server install on a 20 gig laptop hard drive. I need to resize, create and delete a few odd ball partitions on there. Win2kServer is the only system with no floopy drive.

Partition Magic will not install on a server edition version of Windows 2000

I was told Veritias Volume MAnager would work, but I dont have access to that software

any ideas?

 

[bacillus]

what version of PM are you using?

 

[Abzstrak]

yep, partition magic wont work on server OS's, you need server magic for that.... its alittle more pricey too ;-)

 

[Dug]

Can't you convert to dynamic drives.

 

[lowtech1]

PQ for server works, but very expensive. The other route is to try Paragon Partition Manager at a much lower price.

What you could try is to ghost your existing server drive to a new larger drive.

 

[sechs]

I'd suggest investing in a floppy drive or the appropriate software....

 

[IcemanJer]

if you have a Win2K machine lying around, install PM 7 or + on it, swap in the server HDD as a slave, and resize from there.

 

[Abzstrak]

U cant convert to dynamic partitions on a laptop... win2k wont let you do it on a partable device.

U can try booting it up on another system or booting off of floppy, but partition magic will probably detect that its a server OS partition and say "NO"