For instance, you may allocate a small size to one partition while allocating a lot of space to another partition. Under this circumstance, the partition which only has a little space may run out of disk space soon. You may perform disk cleanup to free space on the partition, but the free space will be eaten up soon. If so, you may want to allocate more free space to this partition. But are you wondering how to allocate more free space to a disk partition that is full?
For the problem above, you need to resize the disk partition. You can resize system partition or data partition effectively and efficiently with help of this partition tool. You just need to download and install it on your Server and follow several simple to perform disk resizing. For example, if you want to extend system partition on your Server, you can follow this way:.
Use an extended partition if you want to have more than four volumes on your MBR basic disk. When creating partitions, usually it automatically assign the whole space for the partition.
If you do not just create this partition, you should type the exact size of the partition you want to create. And after defining the size of the partition, you can choose to assign a drive letter for the partition.
Go to Disk Management, right click any partition what you do not want to keep, and it will offer you the option to delete it. If your hard drive is attacked by virus and is seriously damaged, I am afraid formatting the partition will help you to get rid of the virus. Note: If you did not write new files to over write the old files, your old files can still be recovered by some unformat software.
As you could see the functions of Disk Management, all basic disk management functions. When resizing a server partition no matter to extend or shrink or merge partitions, only a third party program can help. Step 3: Move the unallocated volume close to the primary partition. Step 4: Move the arrow to extend the primary partition and then click "Apply" button. Following the steps above, you can extend the primary partition simply in a short time.
Some useful tips which may give you more help are listed below:. Perhaps somebody would like to rely on Windows built-in tool like Diskpart command to extend a disk partition when it is lacking of free disk space.
Absolutely, Diskpart command can work on extending a disk partition on Windows Server However, it has too many limitations; especially it cannot extend a primary partition. In such a situation, you will need third-party partition software like IM-Magic Partition Resizer Server , which is able to extend a primary partition effectively and efficiently.
By using IM-Magic Partition Resizer Server, you can extend a primary partition without reinstalling system or reformatting the partition. It is time-saving and can reduce unnecessary or unexpected data during the reinstalling or reformatting.
Therefore, IM-Magic Partition Resizer Server should be a good choice for all Windows Server users, especially who has no experience in reinstalling an operating system. I bought a GB Western Digital hard disk several years ago, which is installed on my Dell computer running a Server operating system.
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