Server 2003 extend partition quickly

How can we extend partition in server 2003? Professionals usually will employ the "Diskpart" order to extend partition in server 2003. However, this operation is too complex, and also fails to work when users need to extend system partition in Windows server 2003. It is actually very limited.

Use "diskpart" to extend partition in server 2003
Let's see how it fails to extend system partition in Windows server 2003.
First, start command prompt tool by clicking "Start" button -> "Run", and inputting "cmd" order. Then, use "diskpart" order to extend partition in Windows server 2003:
1. Input "diskpart" order in command prompt tool.
2. Input "list volume" order to show all the partitions in computer disk.
3. Input "select volume X" (X represents partition number shown in step2) to select target partition to extend.
4. Input "extend" order to extend partition.



The above picture shows the result of extending system partition with "diskpart" order in Windows server 2003. From it we can see this operation is not only too complex, and fails to extend system partition. For common users, it is not suggested to use this way to extend partition in server 2003. There is a better way – professional server partition software.

Use professional server partition software to extend partition in server 2003
We can download the professional server partition software from http://www.server-partition-software.com/, and then install it to server. After that, start it to enter its main interface:



In main interface, we would see all partitions and disks in server. Select system partition, and click on "Move/Resize" button:



In this interface, we can drag the partition handle border to extend partition. After that, click "OK" button to return.



In main interface, click "Apply" button to execute operations. Thus, we have successfully extended system partition in server 2003.
From the above pictures, we can easily tell this professional server partition software is rather easy-to-use, and it also has many other partition management functions. For more and detailed information, you can visit its official website.