Resizing a Windows Server 2003 partition

Clarifications

You will be able to resize the system partion with tools that are either commercially available or opensource. Acronis 'Disk Partition Manager' is a good example of a commerical product (www.acronis.com), however if you are familiar with Linux thier is another tool that comes as a 'Live CD' called "GParted". This will also resize partions without data loss. However make sure you have backups, because unfortunately nothing is perfect.

admire that you have a big harddisk, mine is only 250G, which can only hold several copies of movies.

EASEUS Partition Manager Server Edition will help you to that, without data loss. you can have a try.

"Will it be possible to use some extra space of the Data Drive and add it to the end of the system partition without damaging the system and data partition?"

The answer is yes.some software publisher are engaging in this field for a long time,such as Acronis,EASEUS etc. Here is a detailed tutorial http://www.partition-tool.com/partition-magic/Windows-Server-2003-partition-software.htm

I finally resized my server partition successfully bu refer to this tutorial http://www.partition-tool.com/partition-magic/Windows-Server-2003-partition-software.htm

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Windows Server 2003 Operating Systems take the best of Windows 2000 Server technology and make it easier to deploy, manage, and use. In addition, Microsoft has improved and extended the Windows Server Operating Systems to incorporate the benefits of Microsoft .NET for connecting information, people, systems, and devices. Now, it is so popular with server users because of its security, reliability, availability, and scalability.

Most of the people are inquiring how to resize Windows 2003 Server Partitions and one way on the internet states as follows: It is an example of how to extend the boot volume from 5.3G to 10G of Windows Server 2003 Virtual Machine.

Here we go, firstly, power off the virtual machine that you want to extend.

Secondly, increase the size of the .disk or .vmdk virtual disk file from the service console.

Thirdly, power off the second Virtual Machine running Windows Server 2003 and add the disk from the first Virtual Machine to it. Power up the second one and check it has unallocated space...

For more information, you may visit:http://www.partition-tool.com/partition-magic/windows-server-2003-resize-partition.htm

A friend of mine use EASEUS Partition Manager Server Edition and it works well,you may have a try. Maybe can slove you throble

It is not as difficult as I once thought to resize partition on server. You just need to shrink a data partition and then extend the systemc patition.

Backup the files and choose a good Server partition software, see this detailed guide as well, I really like it http://www.hdd-tool.com/partition-magic/resize-windows-server-with-partition-magic-software.htm

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Yes, this is correct, I used a partitioning software to resize the data partition, get some unallocated space, and then extend the boot partition, very easy.
I cannot believe that I complete this even without reboot. Saved me a lot, hope it would help you, too, see
http://www.partition-magic-server.com/resource/resize-partition-server-2003.html

download and make acronics rescue media bootable cd
incert the bootable cd
and select acronics disk director suite safe vershion

I was able to resize the OS and Sysvol Partitions. I did had to add back the correct drive letter to the sysvol partition because it didn't show up in My Computer and Directory Service was not able to start.

Thanks for replies.

Yeah, this is right, but there is no detailed guide, after search, I found a tutorial to resize partition on 2003 Server. Very easy and fast.
Hope this guide is useful for others. http://www.partition-resize.com/resize-partition-windows-server-2003.html

As this thread quiet for a while, I wonder if you have solved your problem. Assuming you have fixed, in case of who have the same problem. I think there is a better solution with step by step tutorial. I hope it will be helpful.

http://www.partition-magic.org/server/add-unallocated-space-to-existing-partition.html

We have a 2003 enterprise edition Server, only 750MB free space is left in c, after searching we decided to resize and extend the c drive with partition software. All seem to be goes well after reboot, but suddenly power off, I cannot believe.
The only though in my mind is, the server must be damaged. After power on, this tool continue to proceed and about 10 minutes later reboot to desktop, I check the partitions in disk management immediately, oh god, the partitions resized successfully.

Yes, you can resize partition and there are many tools for you to choose, but pay attention to your data, it is good habit to backup before any operations to server.
Additionally, you should use a reliable partition software.
BTW, there is a guide that I've saved how to resize windows 2003 server partition http://www.partition-magic-server.com/resize-partition/resize-windows-2003-server-partition.html

Unlike Windows 7/Vista/2008, there is no Extend/Shrink Volume in Windows 2003 Disk Manager. So it is not easy for users to resize Windows 2003 partition.

However, you can resize partition on Windows 2003 with Diskpart and third-party software.

http://www.partition-magic.org/windows-server-2003/resize-partition-windows-server-2003.html

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