Recently, server disks are getting larger and lager. Nevertheless, they will still be eaten up quickly by Windows updates, applications, browser caches, and temp files. System easily crashes because of low disk space.
There will be warning when server system partition is running out of space.



Low disk space causes such problems:
1. Slow speed of system
2. No more space for Windows updates and installing applications
3. System breakdown
If we do not deal with these problems, server will be threatened heavily.

Free up disk space in Windows Server 2003
1. Free disk space by deleting temp files.
Click "Run" button in "Start" menu and then input "%temp%", or open the folder "C:\User\Administrator\AppData\Local\Temp".
2. Empty recycle bin and shrink recycle bin size.
Make sure all files in recycle bin can be deleted permanently before empty it. Shrink the recycle bin to release more space for other files: Right click recycle bin, and click "Properties"; set the size of recycle bin in custom size textbox.



3. Clear up IE caches files.
4. Run the Windows Clean Manager
Windows operating system has built-in cleaner that can free disk space. To access it, click "Run" button in "Start" menu, and input "cleaner".
With these 4 steps done, we can free some disk space in Windows Server 2008, but they only help a little and the effect is temporary.

Extend system partition in Windows Server 2008 with MiniTool Partition Wizard
To extend partition in Windows server 2008 is a better way to improve system efficiency. Extending system partition with professional server partition magic such as MiniTool Partition Wizard is easy and fast. There is no need to delete or format partition.
1. Run MiniTool Partition Wizard. In main interface, partition and disk list shows condition of all disks and partitions.



2. Right click one partition to resize, and select "Move/Resize" in shortcut menu. In the next interface, we can drag the triangle to resize this partition and release some space thus there will be some unallocated space in disk.



3. Select system partition and then right click it. Select "Move/Resize" in popup menu.



4. In this interface, drag the small triangle to extend system partition.



5. After all settings, click "Apply" button at top left corner of main interface. All operations will be executed.