Managing partition in Windows Server 2003 is an essential task for every administrator of Windows Server 2003. However, when managing partition in Windows Server 2003, users may encounter the situation where the desired partition management operations on Windows Server 2003 can not be carried out due to the defects of built-in disk management tool, for example operation of extending system partition of Windows Server 2003 to improve system operation efficiency.
Users of Windows Server 2003 perhaps know that its built-in disk management tool has limited functions just as follows.



The above picture is the screenshot of the built-in disk management tool in Windows Server 2003. Select any partition and right click the mouse. Then, we will see all its partition management functions in the popup menu. Careful users may have found that there is no function helping users extend system partition. What method should we use to extend system partition of Windows Server 2003?

How to extend system partition of Windows Server 2003?
As mentioned, built-in disk management tool can not help us extend system partition of Windows Server 2003. To realize this operation, third-party partition manager server 2003 may be our only choice. Users who have ever managed system partition of Windows Server 2003 may know that managing system partition is dangerous because there are a lot of important operating system files stored in system partition. And any casual operation is likely to cause system crash or make a lot of important data lost. These problems are strictly forbidden in server computer; otherwise plenty of unpredictable consequences will take place. Therefore, when using partition manager server 2003 to manage system partition, we should use professional partition manager server 2003 with extremely high security performance. And the safe, stable, simple and multifunctional partition manager server 2003, MiniTool Partition Wizard, is a pretty good choice.

Extend partition for Windows Server 2003 with MiniTool Partition Wizard
As a dangerous partition management operation in Windows Server 2003, extending system partition is much easier with the help of the partition manager server 2003 MiniTool Partition Wizard. Visit the official website http://www.partitionmanagerserver.com to download and install this partition manager server 2003. Then launch it and its main interface will appear.



Before extending system partition for Windows Server 2003, there should be an unallocated space adjacent to system partition, guaranteeing the successful extension of Windows Server 2003 system partition. Here, we firstly select Partition F: adjacent to system partition and click "Move/Resize" function button to shrink Partition F: to get unallocated space for extending system partition.



In the interface of Resize Partition, drag triangles on the left to shrink Partition F: to release unallocated space. Then click "OK" button to go back to the main interface.



In this interface, we can see there has been an unallocated space next to the system partition. Now we can extend system partition. Select system partition and click "Move/Resize" function button. And we'll see the interface of Resize Partition.



In this interface, drag the triangle to lengthen the Partition Handle, extending system partition. Then click "OK" button to return to the main interface.



In the main interface, we can see system partition of Windows Server 2003 has been extended successfully, but it is only a preview effect. To extend system partition in a real sense, we should click "Apply" function button to perform all previous operation.

From the operation demonstration, we can see that using the partition manager server 2003, MiniTool Partition Wizard, to extend system partition of Windows Server 2003 is very simple. However, this is only one of its powerful partition management functions. For more information about other partition management functions, please download and try it by yourself.