Extend System Partition Windows Server - Resize Partition When System Partition Runs on Low Disk Space Windows Server

In most time, it is the system partition on a Windows Server computer that needs to be extended when it is running out of disk space, so you think that you need to repartition the hard disk to reallocate disk space. It is true that you need to reallocate disk space in order to extend system partition on Windows Server, but there is no need to repartition the hard disk. Instead, a third-party partition resizer can solve the problem easily.

Server System Partition Resizer Download

A lot of partition resizer can be found online, while partition magic Server software is one of the most powerful partition software for Windows Server users. This partition software supports to extend NTFS and FAT32 disk partition without rebooting your Server or reformatting the hard disk. You can follow the steps below to get system partition extended on any Windows Server OS:

Step1. Download, install and run partition magic Server software. Right click a partition that has enough free space and choose "Resize/Move".

Step2. Move the arrow to shrink the selected partition to squeeze some free space. The free space will be shown as an unallocated volume.

Step3. Move the unallocated volume close to system partition. Right click system partition and choose "Resize/Move".

Step4. Move the arrow to add the unallocated space to system partition and click "Apply" button extend system partition.

Extend System Partition Windows 2000, Windows 2003

Partition magic Server software provides easy and safe way to help with system partition resizing on Windows Server 2000, 2003, SBS 2003, etc. You just need to follow the steps above and perform several mouse clicks to extend system partition. In addition, if you don’t want to use any partition software, you can also run Windows built-in tool Diskpart command to resize disk partition on Windows 2000 or Windows 2003. Diskpart command is available on some Server OS to help with partition resizing in following situations:

1. The partition you want to extend is NTFS file system.

2. The partition you need to extend is data partition.

3. There is unallocated space right near to the partition you want to extend.

Windows Server 2008 System Partition Resizing

If you want to extend system partition on Server 2008, partition magic Server software is also the best choice. Besides, you can also run Diskpart command to resize disk partition on Windows Server 2008 as long as the partition you want to extend is NTFS file system and there is unallocated space right adjacent to it. In addition, Windows 2008 OS also allows its users to resize disk partition in Disk Management. You only need to open Disk Management and right click the partition you want to resize, and then you can choose the "Extend Volumes" to extend the selected partition or choose "Shrink Volumes" to shrink the selected partition. What you should know is if you want to extend a partition, unallocated space is required on the same hard disk and the unallocated space must be near to the partition you want to extend.

PS:

In addition to the Server OS mentioned above, partition magic Server software supports almost all other Server operating system such as Windows 2003 R2, Windows 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, etc.

Related Cases about Server System Partition Resizing

Case1: I am running Windows Server 2008 on my desktop. I have divided the hard disk into three drives while building in Server. Now, the C drive is nearly full and Windows pops up low disk space warning on this partition sometimes. I am wondering if I need to repartition the hard disk to allocate more space to C drive.

Case2: The system partition is running out of disk space on SBS 2003, so I tried run Diskpart command to extend the partition. However, I receive message like that the volume you have selected may not be extended. There is unallocated space on my computer, but I don’t know why I cannot extend the system partition on my SBS 2003.

Case3: Help please! I want to resize disk partition on Windows Server 2003. I have searched my question on Google, but I haven’t found a useful solution. I need step-by-step guide to extend the disk partition. Thanks for your kind help.

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