Extend System Partition (C Drive) Windows 2003 Server

Question:

Is it possible to extend a system partition (C drive) on Windows Server 2003 without reformatting or reinstalling?

Probably, you can see the similar questions about C drive resizing in different forums. Therefore, this article will show you the possible way to extend Windows Server 2003 C drive.

Windows Server 2003 updates its programs and data frequently in order to ensure a good performance so that computer can run normally. Along with daily Windows updates data, new installed programs stored to the system partition, the original partition space may fail to meet the changing storage demand someday. When facing such kind of problem, users have different solutions. In this article, we will share those solutions and try to find a best way to solve the problem.

Partition Software for System Partition Low Disk Space Windows Server 2003

The reason why system partition shows low disk space is that the partition size is not enough. If the size of system partition is large enough, you won’t receive low disk space warning. System partition resizer Server is a partition tool, which is able to enlarge system partition by moving free space from another partition. This partition software enables you shrink a partition to squeeze some free space and extend system partition to resolve low disk space issue.

How Does Partition Software Work to Extend System Partition?

Step1. Download, install and run system partition resizer Server. Right click a partition that has the largest free disk space and choose "Resize/Move" option.

Step2. Shrink the selected partition to squeeze some unallocated space.

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

Step4. Move the arrow and then click "Apply" to extend system partition.

Extend System Partition Windows 2003 Server Securely and Efficiently

You may bear terrible loss if you cannot find a reliable way to extend system partition. However, you don’t need to worry about anything by using system partition resizer Server. This partition software provides 100% safe way to extend system partition without deleting or modifying data stored on the disk partition. In addition, system partition resizer Server works efficiently, which is able to extend both system partition and data partition within a few seconds. This partition software allows you to resize partition whether it is NTFS files or FAT32 file system on your Windows 2003 Server operating system.

Diskpart Command to Extend Disk Partition Server 2003

Diskpart is a command-line on Windows OS. In some situations, Diskpart command works like a third-party partition tool to create partition, delete partition, merger partition, etc. You can run Diskpart command on Windows Server 2003 to extend disk partition. However, Diskpart command only allows you to extend a NTFS partition when there is unallocated space adjacent to the partition you want to extend. If there is no unallocated space on the same hard disk, or if the unallocated space is not adjacent to the partition you want to extend, or if you want to extend an FAT32 partition, Diskpart command will fail to extend the partition. In this situation, you can use system partition resizer Server to resize disk partition on Windows Server 2003 without any limitation.

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