Server Partition Manager

Like Windows Vista, Windows 2008 contains built-in functions to enlarge and shrink partition on computer hard disk. Therefore, we are allowed to extend boot partition on Server 2008 with the built-in disk management tool.

In Server 2008, the extending partition feature is built in Disk Management. It is claimed that all the data are protected well and will not be touched during the process. But a previous backup is indispensible to furthest ensure data security. The specific operating steps go as follows. Find the Server Manager, which is in the Administrative Tools folder or on the My Computer context menu; scroll down till we get to the Storage section and go to the Disk Management console; right-click the boot partition and select Extend Volume.

But we should note that extending partition can be only realized by Disk Management when there is unallocated space behind and neighboring to the partition. Or we will need a third-party server partition manager to extend boot partition on Server 2008.

Here we would like to introduce a reliable server partition management program – MiniTool Partition Wizard to realize both basic and advanced operations. It is almost compatible with all Windows operating systems, including Windows Server 2000/2003/2008/2012 and XP/Vista/7/8.

The operating steps to extend boot partition on Server 2008 are quite simple, and we can do it independently with the friendly instructions. Besides extending partitions, other partition operations are also provided like resizing and moving partition, creating partition, merging partition, formatting partition, deleting partition, and converting FAT to NTFS. Furthermore, any change we have made can’t be performed before we click “Apply” option, which can avoid mistaken operation thoroughly. So data security can be well guaranteed. MiniTool Partition Wizard gives us a better choice to do partition management compared with the Disk Management, so the server partition manager is deeply beloved by numerous fans all over the world.