Server Partition Manager

Q: I want to increase the size of the partition on my Windows Server 2008 computer and it is set up as NTFS. Is there any way available to finish this operation?

A: Well! Here you own two ways to increase partition size in Server 2008: one is with Disk Management, the other is recurring to a server partition program.

In Windows Server 2008, Microsoft makes Disk Management own the ability of resizing partitions, which means we can shrink a partition and enlarge a partition directly with no help of any third-party software.

When extending a volume, we just need to right click on the target volume and select “Extend Volume” option. The Extend Volume window will pop up and then specify the exact amount of space we want to extend.

But here please note that “Extend Volume” option will be available only if there is unallocated space behind and neighboring to the partition which we want to extend. If there is no such unallocated space, how can we increase partition size in Server 2008? At this time, we really need a third-party server partition program to resize the partition. Among mountains of server disk management programs, MiniTool Partition Wizard is undoubtedly an excellent representative.

    Increase Partition Size in Server 2008 with Server Partition Software

Before we start to use the software to enlarge partition, we are supposed to download and install it on server at first. Of course, reading the tutorial texts is quite advisable.

Firstly, select the partition we want to increase the size at first, and click “Extend Partition” to come to the following interface.

Secondly, choose a partition which owns much spare space on it or unallocated space from the drop-down list of “Take Free Space from:” to get some free space, which will be used to increase the partition size. And drag the sliding button to decide how much space will be taken. Then, click “OK” to return to the main interface.

Thirdly: click “Apply” button to carry all operations out.

It is the brief operating steps to increase partition size in Server 2008 and anyone is able to master the skill because the server partition program is really easy-to-access with friendly interface. MiniTool Partition Wizard is a good tool to do partition management, including partition extending, partition shrinking, partition splitting, and so on.