Ola,

I ran into an older 2000 Server acting as the main domain controller and DNS that has run out of space and cannot deploy MS security patches. I did all the normal stuff, move the swap file take off unused programs, delete the caches - old files etc... and still need more space. I ran down and bought the trusty old Partition Magic to find that Symantec bought them. After a full backup a tried PM 8.0 and there wasn't enough space to install it. So I disconnected the Server from the network and took off the MS patches make room only to find out that PM 8.0 does not supprt the server OS. LOL and ****.

So here is my question, I want to resize this thing SAFELY and it appears that the server based partitioning programs sold by symantec are now defunct. They want to sell a huge enterprise based imaging system. So I am about to boot PM via a diskette and repartition outside of windows. I've taken all the normal precautions like removing mirrors and reverting back to Basic Disks and understand the risks involved, but has anyone really tried resizing a partition from dos on a server? I thought I would toss that out there for the techies.

//EDIT PS, is it even safe to use the bootable version of Partition Magic 8.0? Safe in terms of ZERO data loss of a normal resizing?