Question : Problem: Reset or delete server computer account

Hi

I have one domain controller witch is the FSMO holder and on backup dc
I need to reload backup dc to increase my partion size of c drive
My question is must I reset or delete computer account after I decommissioned server because I will give server same computer name.
 
1.      decommission server
2.      Reload server
3.      Reset or delete computer account  please advice
4.      join server to domain
5.      run dcpromo to make backup dc

Please advice

Answer : Problem: Reset or delete server computer account

The first step that you should do on the backup domain controller is to run dcpromo to get it out of the domain controller role.
After that, you decommission the server, reload, delete computer account (which should now be in the computers ou - not the domain controller ou), join the server to the domain, and then run dcpromo to get the server back in as a domain controller.

On another note, if the only think that you are doing is trying to increase the partition size, you could try to use gparted and modify the partitions without having to go through all of this process.

Here is the link to GParted - The Live CD works great!:  
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/index.php