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Name: R S
Date: April 11, 2007 at 10:49:28 Pacific
Subject: C Drive on disk 1 instead of 0
OS: Windows 2003 server
CPU/Ram: x86 2800mhz and 1 GB Ram
Model/Manufacturer: xSeries 346
Comment:

I recently installed Win 2003 enterprise version on new machine. Disk management configuration is:
Disk 0 Unallocated 136 GB
Disk 1 C: with 20 GB and 117.2 GB unallocated.

Is it advisable to have C drive on disk 0 ONLY? Can I configure it now so that 20GB of C drive be on Disk 0 instead of 1? Can you please guide me with this. Thanks,
R S


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Response Number 1
Name: heropsycho2177
Date: April 11, 2007 at 14:52:43 Pacific
Subject: C Drive on disk 1 instead of 0
Reply: (edit)

It's advisable to have your OS on a RAID1 mirror or some other fault tolerant array.

Other than that it doesn't matter.

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Response Number 2
Name: wanderer
Date: April 11, 2007 at 16:45:07 Pacific
Subject: C Drive on disk 1 instead of 0
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Hmm. I wonder how the disks are configured [mster/slave or cable select] and how the bios is configured [boot disk1 over disk0]?

It would not hurt anything for you to swap the disks on the cable and then bootup to see what happens. That would be the easiest way of making the OS on disk0.
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Response Number 3
Name: R S
Date: April 12, 2007 at 16:44:34 Pacific
Subject: C Drive on disk 1 instead of 0
Reply: (edit)

Hi, Thank you for your messages. Since this is a brand new server I tried to format it, when it got to the point where I had to assign partitions, I chose to create it on Disk 0, ID 0 and it didnt allow me to. It forced me to create a new partition for C drive on Disk 0 ID 1. Once the installation was complete, the computer management was exactly the same as before. C Drive on Disk 1? any thoughts?


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