How to expand C drive in window 2003

Question

My C drive is 18GB. I have other 18GB unpartined space on same HD.

I know that in vista i have the option to expand the disk by going in diskmanagement . How can i do in window 2003

Answer 1

GParted is your friend.

The GParted application enables you to change the partition organization on a disk device while preserving the contents of the partitions.

With GParted you can accomplish the following tasks:

* Create a partition table on a disk device.
* Enable and disable partition flags such as boot and hidden.
* Perform actions with partitions such as:
      o create or delete
      o resize or move
      o check
      o label
      o copy and paste

Answer 2

Gparted will be able to do this.

Answer 3

In some rare cases using GParted on the system disk results in undesirable side-effects.

From Extend a Windows Server 2003 disk volume:

Another option is to take advantage of the new Diskpart.exe utility that comes standard with Windows Server 2003. This utility allows you to create, delete, and manage partitions on your hard drive.

To use Diskpart.exe, follow these steps:

1. Open a command prompt by going to Start | Run.
2. Enter diskpart in the Open text box, and press [Enter].
3. At the DISKPART prompt, enter list volume.
4. Enter select volume x, where x is the volume number listed that you want to expand.
5. Enter extend, and press [Enter].

When you're finished, use the Disk Management snap-in to check out your new volume. It should now take up the rest of the available space on the device.

Do I need to mention backups, before such an operation.