Nowadays, many storage media can be used to store files for Servers, such as physical hard disk drive, RAID virtual drive, VMware VHDK, Virtual Machine VHD, etc. but no matter which storage media you use, to better use the disk space and improve Server performance, you need to partition the disk drives.
Under Windows Server 2003 Disk Management, you can create, format partitions, but it is insufficient to partition Server 2003, for example,
- For a large disk partition you cannot shrink it and create more new partitions.
- You cannot extend the system partition when it is running low.
You need a reliable partition software to partition Server 2003 drives.
Is it possible to partition Server 2003 without data loss
All the size of partitions on Windows Server are carefully allocated while building the Server. However, things are changing and the scheduled size may not always meet your needs, especially for the System partition, as Windows continues to download large updates or some reasons. Application installation, browser caches, Windows system backup and temporary files can eat up your free space and clutter your system quickly.
Formerly, you have to backup system and files, delete all partiitons, recreate larger partitions and then restore, what a time-consuming work. Now, with Partition Magic Server software, you can partition Server 2003 without so much work and wasting so much time.
Disk Partition Server 2003 without deleting or reformatting
It is extremely easy to repartition Server 2003. With the absolutely user-friendly interface, the functions are easy to get access to, you just need to drag and move on the disk map to resize partitions.
- Any operations you do on the Server will be listed in the "Operations Pending" for you to preview.
- You can extend the Server system partition under Windows (without restarting) if it is NTFS.
Steps to partition Server 2003 and extend the system partition
Step 1, Launch Partition Magic Server, you'll see all disks and partitions that connected to your Server and free space, used space and other properties of each partition.
Right-click the data partition and select "Resize", in the pop-up window, drag the left border rightwards to shrink it.
There will be some Unallocated space behind the system partition.
Step 2, Right-click the system partition and select "Resize", in the pop-up window, drag the right border rightwards to hold the Unallocated space.
Click "Apply" to proceed, done.
Now you have a "new" Server that can be used for a long time again. (lol)
Too hard? No free space in D: drive?
With Partition magic server, you can allocate free space from any partition and add to C: drive via its one click solution.
Note:
If C drive is running out of space, it will cause many problems, such as:
1. Hard disk drive is not big enough to accommodate all your needs, such as Windows update/upgrade, install programs.
2. Windows operating system is running much slowly.
3. System crash if the free space is extremely low.
So you need to repartition your 2003 server as fast as possible if you receive the Low Disk Space warning.
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