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There is no need to reboot the server which means you don't need to down the server. All the process is fully protected with the copy features to backup data.

Here is the sulution: http://www.partition-tool.com/resource/repartition-server.htm

To protect data: http://www.partition-tool.com/easeus-partition-manager/partition-copy.htm

BTW, RADI and dynamic disk is also supported. http://www.partition-tool.com/resource/resize-raid-partition.htm

Only when there is unallocated space behind a partition, you can extend it with diskpart.exe, as Diskpart cannot "move" space.

Nowadays, there are many third-party partition tools for Windows server. You just need to drag and move on the disk map, very easy.

Some tools have "hot resize" feature, if your system partition is ntfs, you can extend it without rebooting, so no server downtime.

See how to repartition windows server http://www.partition-magic-server.com/resource/repartition-windows-2003-server.html

thanks for the excellent explanation