partition magic isn't supposed to mind what exactly is installed on the server, as long as the server uses a supported file system. if PM works with 2003, it should work with 2000, xp, vista etc.

but if you are reluctant to try, just ghost the c drive somewhere else, and restore it onto a larger drive

Well, I'm once bitten twice shy on those sh*tty Norton products (NAV is the owrst anti-trojan software known to nerdkind) -

So if Partition Magic won't work on Windows Server, what makes you think Ghost will?

The USB stick doesn't seem a half bad idea - it could hold the OS, for example.

How stupid to have a 4GB server anyway! Kurtismonger is 'avin' a larf, surely?

I agree. I'd just as soon not give Symantec any business as NAV is garbage. I didn't know 2000 Server could use a flash drive like that. Not sure it will help as RAM isn't the problem, just the free space on C. Fortunately drive D has plenty of room if repartioning will work. I guess I will download the trial of Acronis Disk Director Server to see what it can do. Thanks for all the suggestions.

You're welcome.

BTW, the USB dribve will give you another 4GB of data or system space. It'll probably be easier to make it data space - but you can put the system on there and boot off the USB drive and hold it as (an albeit slow) system drive.

If you can be arsed to do all that system re-build!

have you given this post at least SOME thought? GHost is not NAV, and so is PM. all those are different products that are not connected in any way. next thing you'll say is backupexec is the worst backup solution out there because it belongs to symantec, when it's actually the best thing you can use.
back to the subject: what gjost does and what PM does are completely different things aimed at completely different targets in mind. and yes, the ghost solution is very safe, especially if you use a new hdd for the new space arrangement. while PM tries to move partition markers, ghost simply copies everything.

as for the USB idea - might be worth a try as a temporary solution on a non mission critical machine. NOT for servers though.