Repartitioning Hard Drive on Server

I am running Windows Server 2003 with Raid 5 originally partioned into C and D drives. OS is on the c drive with only 10GB of space. I ran out of space in C drive (still critical after cleaning) and still have a lot of space on the D drive. What are my options in allocating more space to the C drive? Thank You !

Hi,
This forum is for SCE 2007 related issues. For problems with Windows server 2003, please check the resources available at:
RAID discussion in Windows server 2003 newsgroup
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?query=RAID&dg=&cat=en_US_d02fc761-3f6b-402c-82f6-ba1a8875c1a7&lang=en&cr=&pt=&catlist=&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us
The newsgroups should be particularly helpful to you.
Here I also found some related articles for your reference:
RAID deployment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID
http://www.acnc.com/04_01_05.html
Thanks and Regards.

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