How to partition Windows Server?

Before answering this question, lets learn a bit more about Windows Servers.

Windows Server is a brand name for the server operating systems released by Microsoft Corporation. This name has been used for the following software releases:

Windows 2000 Server, the release based on Windows 2000.
Windows Server 2003, the previous release of Windows Server
Windows Server 2008, the current release of Windows Server
Windows HPC Server 2008, an edition designed exclusively for high-performance computing
Windows Server 2008 R2, the next release of Windows Server
Windows Small Professional Server, an operating system based on Windows Server for small Professionales
Windows Essential Professional Server, a product similar to Small Professional Server, but for medium-sized Professionales
Windows Home Server, a home server operating system for file sharing and streaming, automated backups, and remote access in the home environment

Currently, Windows Server 2000 and 2003 are the most popular for server users. But how to manage servers for better performance is a problem. Partitioning server might be the most important thing for good server management.

Sometimes, we need to partition Windows Servers to gain better performance. It is important to partition servers. When a server is built, its partitions are created through careful consideration according to the needs of the user. But when a partition on your Windows Server is run out of space, the performance of the server drastically declines.

By dividing into several partitions, server users can make better use of the hard drive space, such as one partition C: for installing system and others for storing personal data. Partitions contribute a lot to the security control and resource management, especially for a server which have a large database.

From the above paragraphs, we know why we should perform partition management for servers. What we should do next is to choose a reliable Partition Manager.

Partition Wizard Server Edition is such a reliable Partition Manager with special design and powerful functions.

Partition Wizard Server Edition is compatible with Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 and Non-Server 2000/XP/Vista 32 and 64 bit systems. It enables users to partition Windows Servers without data loss, because changes of server partition can be previewed before applying to hard disk and all data is completely protected during all operations.

With the following simple instructions, you can have a better understanding on partition management with Partition Wizard Server Edition:

1. Launch Partition Wizard Server Edition and you will see the current size of each partitions or disks on the disk map.



2. Click D: drive, and position the mouse pointer on the right partition handle. When the mouse pointer changes to a double-headed arrow, drag the handle to the partition size you want. Then, move the D: drive to make the unallocated space next to C: drive.



3. Click C: drive. Position the mouse pointer on the right partition handle and resize it with the unallocated space. Click Apply. After the reboot, you will have successfully resized your Windows Server without data loss.

From the above, you can see how easy it is to perform server partition work with Partition Wizard Server Edition.

If you want to have a try and enjoy its powerful functions for yourself, you can click to go to download centre to buy our product or download a trial version.

Partition Manager for Windows Server

Windows Server is a brand name for Server Operating System released by Microsoft Corporation. A server is a computer that provides services or resources to other computers. It is often the most important computer in the whole system because it contains much of the critical data and files. Windows Server 2003, as the successor to Windows 2000 Server, is considered by Microsoft to be the cornerstone of its Windows Server System line of Professional server products. Windows Server 2008 is the current release of Windows Server, which designed for high-end applications that require high performance computing clusters.

Most server users may find that one partition on the server disk tend to run out of place, especially the system partition C. In that case, a Partition Manager is needed to manage these partitions on servers.

Partition Wizard Server Edition is a best choice for managing partitions on Windows Servers.

Designed to be efficient and safe, this server partition software allows Windows Server users to resize their partitions without losing any data. For example, before deleting data, the program will clarify whether the user wants to delete the partition or to erase all data. All operations can be previewed in operations pending box, on the left hand side of the software.



Try out Partition Wizard Server Edition today:

If you are a server user with less than 3 machines, you can buy or try our product Partition Wizard Server Edition.

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Vista is a fairly new operating system by Microsoft

• Vista is a fairly new operating system by Microsoft. Compared with the other operating systems in Windows family, Vista contains a new feature which allows users to resize partition without any additional software. Previously, resizing partition is only available through the use of 3rd party partition software. However, do you know the differences between Windows Vista Disk Management and a 3rd partition software, such as MiniTool Partition Manager?
  
  Features comparison between Windows Vista Disk Management and Partition Wizard
  
  

  Features	Partition Wizard	Windows Vista Disk Management
  Create Partition
  Delete Partition
  Format Partition
  Change Drive Letter
  Set Active
  GPT Disk
  Extend FAT
  Extend NTFS
  Shrink FAT
  Shrink NTFS
  Resize & Move Partition
  Convert FAT to NTFS
  Explore Partition
  Hide Partition
  Delete All Partitions
  Label Partitions
  Check Partitions

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• As you can see, the built in partition manager in Vista is clearly lacking much of the features that Partition Wizard as to offer. Download MiniTool Partition Manager today for free!

If you are a server user, you will probably use Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003

• If you are a server user, you will probably use Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003. We have introduced how to repartition partitions of Windows Server 2008. Now let's turn to partitions of Windows Server 2003.
  
  In order to maintain the best performance from your servers, you need to perform partition management regularly. You would probably resize the partition of your system partitions. In this case, you need to turn to a Partition Manager, that's to say, you need the help of partition software.
  
  Generally speaking, you will always be at a risk of data loss when any improper operations on partitions were to occur or improper usage of some unreliable partitioning software. Therefore, choose a right Partition Manager for your servers is essential.
  
  Here comes the good news for you:
  
  Partition Wizard Server Edition, as a professional Partition Manager, is the "Mr. Right" for Server Partition Management. Whether your server system is Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008, you can rely on this professional Partition Manager.
  
  Partition Wizard Server Edition with powerful functions in server partition management is the best choice for you. With MiniTool Partition Manager, you can perform needed maintenance to your server partitions to ensure maximum server performance.
  
  Here, we will show you how simple it is to resize partitions with MiniTool Partition Manager:
  
  Launch the program, choose the partition that you want to change, right click, and use "Resize/Move" to adjust whatever size you need. See the screenshot below.
  
  
  
  Besides resizing, there are other advanced partition functions, such as create, delete, label, format, etc. Just click 'Partitions' on the toolbar and a box will pop up with all the advanced operations. You may see the picture below:
  
  
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As a new boot method of operating system which is likely to replace BIOS

As a new boot method of operating system which is likely to replace BIOS, UEFI has been admitted by many computer users in virtue of its high system boot speed and the default disk type of GPT which supports hard disk larger than 3 TB. However, after you install Windows 8 with UEFI, do you feel annoyed about how to manage GPT disk? If you do, the following content will be helpful. You can know a method which will manage GPT disk well.

How to manage GPT disk on Windows 8 installed by using UEFI?
Windows 8 built-in disk management tool has many defects, so it can not meet users' demands for GPT disk partition management. If you want to do well partition management on Windows 8 installed through UEFI, Windows partition magic will be the best choice. And here, we suggest MiniTool Partition Wizard. This free partition magic is fully in support of UEFI and GPT and has comprehensive functions. Users can use it to manage Windows partition well.

GPT disk management with MiniTool Partition Wizard
Please visit the official website http://www.partitionwizard.com/ to download MiniTool Partition Wizard. Then install and launch it. We'll see its main interface, as follows.



Select any GPT disk partition and users will see corresponding partition management functions shown under "Operations" column, for example, Format Partition, Delete Partition, and Move/Resize Partition, Extend Partition, Merge Partition, Split Partition, Copy Partition, and change cluster size without damaging partition data. Besides, this free partition magic also provides functions to copy and wipe disk. It can meet users' almost all demands for GPT disk partition management. Seen from this, as professional partition magic, MiniTool Partition Wizard is undeniably the best choice for partition management on Windows 8.

Although there is a lot of partition magic software in the software market, it is not easy to find a piece which supports UEFI and GPT disk at the same time. If you also want to do fine partition management to GPT disk on Windows 8 and haven't found suitable partition magic, please try MiniTool Partition Wizard.

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Partition Wizard Server Edition, as a professional Partition Manager

• If you are a server user, you will probably use Windows Server 2008 or Windows Server 2003. We have introduced how to repartition partitions of Windows Server 2008. Now let's turn to partitions of Windows Server 2003.
  
  In order to maintain the best performance from your servers, you need to perform partition management regularly. You would probably resize the partition of your system partitions. In this case, you need to turn to a Partition Manager, that's to say, you need the help of partition software.
  
  Generally speaking, you will always be at a risk of data loss when any improper operations on partitions were to occur or improper usage of some unreliable partitioning software. Therefore, choose a right Partition Manager for your servers is essential.
  
  Here comes the good news for you:
  
  Partition Wizard Server Edition, as a professional Partition Manager, is the "Mr. Right" for Server Partition Management. Whether your server system is Windows Server 2003 or Windows Server 2008, you can rely on this professional Partition Manager.
  
  Partition Wizard Server Edition with powerful functions in server partition management is the best choice for you. With MiniTool Partition Manager, you can perform needed maintenance to your server partitions to ensure maximum server performance.
  
  Here, we will show you how simple it is to resize partitions with MiniTool Partition Manager:
  
  Launch the program, choose the partition that you want to change, right click, and use "Resize/Move" to adjust whatever size you need. See the screenshot below.
  
  
  
  Besides resizing, there are other advanced partition functions, such as create, delete, label, format, etc. Just click 'Partitions' on the toolbar and a box will pop up with all the advanced operations. You may see the picture below:
  
  
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  Why not download a free demo to try it out for yourself? Click to go to our Download Centre.

How to Redistribute Free Disk Space?

With Partition Wizard, it is possible to redistribute free disk space without having to repartitioning the whole hard drive and reinstalling the operating system.

To illustrate, a system has a 160GB hard drive split into two partitions - System C:(60 GB) and DATA D:(100 GB). System C: contains the operating system and all the necessary associated files; DATA D: contains all the user files such as movies, photos, and documents. The problem is that C: is approaching its limit and running out of space, while D: has enough free space available. Is there a way to redistribute the free space of D: to C:?

The answer is yes, you can turn to the Professional Partition Manager - Partition Wizard Server Edition.

With the help of Partition Wizard Server Edition, you can redistribute the free disk space very easily. To redistribute the free disk space, follow the instructions below:

Precaution: although the chances of corruption or data loss during resizing process is minimal, it is best to always back up your data first, especially when you are shrinking the OS partition.

1. Select a partition that you want to resize.
2. Click Partitions » then click Move/Resize.
3. On a partition map, current size of the partitions under Windows Server 2003 is displayed on the top of the dialog box. It also depicts the used and unused space within the partition and the free space surrounding the partition (if any exists). The information is important for your resizing task under Windows server 2003. The minimum and maximum sizes that you can resize a partition under Windows 2003 also appear below the map.



4. Position the mouse pointer on the left or right partition handle.
5. When the mouse pointer changes into a double-headed arrow, drag the handle to the desired partition size.
6. Click Apply.

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