Current hard drive is famous for holding surprising space. However, whatever the disk size is, we are also amazed at its fast installation for Windows application programs and update, browser caches, and temporary files which can take up all free space and make our system disorderly
If our Windows 2008 Server system boot partition is short of space or badly in need of unallocated space, it will run much slowly and we can not store any update and applications program on it. More seriously, operating system may crash if boot partition is extremely short of space.
At this time, we should solve this problem as soon as possible. The earlier we increase the boot partition, the better the system run. After all, nobody wants to see system crash. For this reason, we should take measures to avoid computer running error quickly. The best way is to use server partition magic to expand Windows 2008 Server boot partition.

Guarantee data security when expand Windows 2008 Server boot partition
Obviously, the best and fastest way to solve the problem of deficient space of Windows 2003 boot partition is to increase its capacity. To solve this problem, we can ask a reliable server partition magic for help. It can help us resize boot partition without boot failure and data loss.
Luckily, MiniTool Partition Wizard Server Edition has the unique enhanced data protection function. With the added functions of Copy Partition Wizard, Copy Disk Wizard, Partition Recovery Wizard, there is no need for us to worry about data security. Moreover, many professionals Fortune 500 companies select it to manage their Servers. Well then how to expand Server 2008 boot partition without data loss?

Two ways to expand Server 2008
1. Use another partition to merge system directly.
2. Shrink its neighboring partition to expand the system partition.
It is also very easy to expand Windows 2008 server boot partition, and we just need drag the partition handle to shrink an existing partition to get some unallocated space which is used to expand the boot partition without deleting partitions, formatting partitions or rebuilding the Server. All operations you perform on the Server will be listed in the "Operations Pending" column for us to preview. If our Windows 2008 boot partition is NTFS partition, we can accomplish expansion without rebooting.

Expand Windows 2008 Server boot partition without deletion and formatting.
At first, we open MiniTool Partition Wizard Server Edition, and then we can see all disks and partitions on server.



Right click the desired partition and select "Move/Resize" in the shortcut menu or select "Move/Resize" in the action panel or tool bar to realize the same function.



Move the left border rightwards to free up an unallocated space



Right click the system partition and select "Move/Resize".



Drag the right-oriented arrow rightwards.



At last, we click "Apply" to realize all operations.
Thus, expanding system partition under Windows 2003 server is successfully finished.