Resize Windows Server 2003 partition
When building Windows Server, all of its partition sizes are carefully allocated. However, the scheduled sizes (especially system partition size) can not always meet your needs, as Windows continues to download large updates or any other reasons.

Users are unwilling to see situations below: new programs installation failure, computer performance decline, even computer crash. However, if your computers are running out of space, you are likely to encounter troubles.

You used to back up the system and files, and then delete partitions to rebuild the Windows Server. This method not only wastes you much time, but also even leads to data loss in the rebuilding process.
Now, let's resize partition on Windows Server 2003 without deleting or formatting partitions. All you need is to shrink a data partition and extend the system C drive with third-party partition magic server - MiniTool Partition Wizard Server Edition. It's extremely easy, safe and fast.

Why MiniTool Partition Server Edition is highly recommended?
As professionals know, MiniTool Partition Wizard Server Edition is an outstanding partition magic sever software for Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008 and Windows XP, Vista, 7 (32 and 64 bit).

MiniTool Partition Wizard Server Edition performs both basic and advanced hard disk partition maintenance, and it is excellent at four main aspects: Partition Manager, Convert basic disk to dynamic disk, Partition Recovery, Copy Disk &Partition. Users can use it to resize partition, Merge partitions, delete partition, format partition, create partition, extend partition and others.

All these operations are performed in safe on Widows series, especially on Windows Server, so you need not worry about data security. And because MiniTool Partition Server Edition has the excellent data protection, many Fortune 500 companies select it as their partition magic server manager.

How to change Server 2003 partition size?
To use MiniTool Partition Wizard Server Edition to resize partition on Windows Server 2003 without data loss, you must follow these steps:
1. Log in as Administrator and lunch this partition magic server;
2. Select the desired partition on Windows server 2003;
3. Click on "Move/resize Partition".

You can view current size of all the partitions on disk diagram, and the free space within and surrounding the partition limits and the minimum and maximum partition sizes you can change on Windows server 2003.

Steps of resizing Windows Server 2003 partition with partition magic server
Firstly, run the partition magic server to see all disks and partitions connected to Server with the properties displayed below.



Right-click the partition and select "Move/Resize", then drag partition handle rightwards to shrink it and gain unallocated space.



The space behind the system partition is unallocated.



On this interface, right click system partition and select "Move/Resize" on popup. Next, include unallocated space by dragging partition handle rightwards.



After clicking "OK", the system partition has been extended. However, it's just preview, click "Apply" to realize it.



Now you have a "new" Server that can be used on Windows Server 2003 for a long time again.

MiniTool Partition Wizard Server Edition has many other functions which perfectly meet your partition management needs, and you can gain free for 24*7 technical support, just visit its official website.