Increase Partition Size in Windows Server 2003 without Losing Data

Most of applications are confused about partition without enough space. Is there any method to increase partition size for Server 2003 without reinstalling Operating System? Everyone knows that Partition Magic was acquired by Symantec, and only runs on Windows98/Me/NT/2000/XP. Is there other Partition Magic Server? Of course, other Server partition software are springing up continuously for the flaw of partition magic. However, which one is your best choice? Partition Assistant Server Edition is your best choice works like partition magic no matter for system partition or non-system partition.

The way to increase partition size with Server partition manager software

Partition manager software can increase partition size in Server 2003 without the need to reinstall operation system and reboot your computer. It also can optimize the space usage and improve performance constantly. The following steps could guide you to increase partition size in Windows 2003.

Take “increase C drive size” as an example.

Step 1: Launch Partition Assistant Server and select F partition. Then, click “Resize/Move Partition” in the left navigation and the below window will be displayed.

Step 2: After finishing the step one, you just drag left handle rightwards to shrink drive F to generate unallocated space.



Step 3: Utilize the unallocated space from partition F to increase C drive size.



Step 4: Please click “Apply” after confirming every step you did, all the steps you did will be displayed in the “Pending Operations” column, and it will take some time to complete successfully.

Another method to increase non-system partition with diskpart.exe

Step 1: Left click “start”>“run”>enter “cmd”, type “diskpart” to enter command line interface.
Step 2: Type “list volume” to display existing volumes on disks.
Step 3: Type “select volume 3”, the number is the volume you want to extend.
Step 4: Type “extend size=1024”.

And then you will receive a message that states Diskpart successfully extended the volume.

Note: There must be unallocated space behind the non-system partition that you selected partition, otherwise only by shrinking partition can generate the unallocated space

Diskpart.exe is only used to increase non-system partition size and can’t increase system partition size, you could download demo version to see how it works in Windows Sever 2003.

Tips: For Enterprise users, Unlimited Edition provides unlimited usage within one company to save money, namely, you can install it on multiple machines in your company to maximize business productivity whilst minimizing the total cost of management.

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