Windows Server 2008 is a server operating system of Microsoft. It inherits all features of Windows Server 2003 but its kernel code is same as that of Windows Vista, so it is advanced to Windows Server 2003. At the same time, it also has more advantages than Windows Vista. For example, compared with Vista, its system kernel is safer, more stable and effective. Server 2008 has no limitation on connection number of TCP/IP, which improves network properties. Nevertheless, it is not so satisfying in
disk management.
Although the built-in
disk management tool of Windows Server 2003 is superior to that of Server 2003, it always fails users. Then does that mean we can not manage partition for Server 2008 freely? The fact is exciting. We can use third-party professional
partition magic for Server 2008 to solve the problem.
Excellent Server 2008 partition magic
Speaking of partition manager server, many common users may firstly think of
Partition Magic which was very popular in the past. But Partition Magic has stopped updating. It can not run Windows Vista and advanced operating systems. Therefore, we need excellent
Server 2008 partition magic to manage partitions. Does this powerful partition magic exist? Yes, it does. And we'll introduce it below.
The aforementioned partition magic has many advantages like simple operations, flexibility in managing partitions, security and reliability. As perfect partition magic for Server 2008, it has many advanced
partition management functions that are able to
move/resize partition,
hide partition,
change drive letter,
merge partitions,
copy partition,
wipe partition,
rebuild MBR,
convert dynamic disk to basic and so on. All operations are performed in data protecting mode, so we don't have to worry about
data loss problems in all operating processes. It is able to run on various kinds of Windows operating systems like Windows Server 2000/2003/2008 and non-Server operating systems including Windows XP/Vista/7(32 and 64 bit) and Windows 8. To meet different users' demands, five editions are provided:
Home Edition,
Server Edition,
Enterprise Edition,
Professional Edition and
Technician Edition. And Server Edition is earmarked for Server operating systems. We will show detailed operations to make users aware of the abilities of the Server 2008 partition magic.
Resize partition for Server 2008 with partition magic
Launch the partition magic for Server 2008. In its main interface
(shown in the following picture), select Partition C: and click "
Move/Resize" button on tool bar. The resizing interface will be shown.
In the resizing interface
(shown below), drag the right arrow rightward to extend partition. Or we can also input exact value in the textboxes to resize partition. Then click "
OK".
Going back to the main interface, we can preview the operating effect. The selected partition increases in size. Confirm the operation and then click "
Apply" to perform it.
After the partition magic stops operating, we will succeed in resizing partition for Server 2008.
Seeing the above demonstration, you may be interested and want to install this partition magic for Server 2008 to you computer. Please visit
http://www.partition-magic.com/ to download it. And much other function information can also be found on this website.