Resize Windows Server 2003 Partition with Partition Magic Server

When talking about resizing partitions, many users may remember Partition Magic, yes, partition magic is so famous that even though it is no longer for sale now, many people still try their hard to search. Many Windows Server users, especially, Server 2003 users also try to find partition magic server, but in fact, there is no server magic. Fortunately, there are partition magic server alternatives for you.

These partition magic alternatives followed the style of ‘real’ partition magic, so they are similar to operate. The most important is choosing the best ‘partition magic server’.

The benefit of partition magic server

Though, Windows Server 2008 has been released for such a long time, most of the Server users still run Windows Server 2003. Nearly every Server 2003 administrator encountered the problem that the system partition is running out of space. The traditional method is backing up the system and files, recreating larger system partition, at last restoring. It is not a good idea to do this, as longer down time means more loss for the company. There is risk of data losing when recreating partitions, as you have to delete partitions firstly.

With partition magic server, you can resize the partitions directly and without recreating or reformatting partitions. Some Windows Server 2003 users want to use Diskpart command or Linux-based tool to resize the Server system partition, it is not a good idea, too. Diskpart is command line without GUI and the operations are not easy for most of the users, furthermore, it may cause data losing by incorrect operation.

How to choose partition magic Server 2003?

As I said above, there are many partition magic server alternatives, then how to choose the best one. Different people have different choice, if you are one of the administrator, you have to consider the functions, the price, the support, etc. Currently, there are four main partition magic server 2003 tools, Acronis Disk Director Server, Paragon Partition Manager Server, EASEUS Partition Master Server and Partition Wizard Server.

Among the server magic alternatives, Acronis Disk Director is stand for highest reliability, highest performance and the highest price.

Partition Wizard Server stands for the highest performance price ratio. You can extend the system partition without rebooting your computer, this feature is useful for Servers.