Is there a way to resize a disk partion under Windows 2003 without the losing data ?

HiThere is the lot third party tools available like partion tools, partition magic....etcPlease review this article .Microsfot Volume Expansion Using Diskpart.exehttp://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb735137.aspxDevaTry hard to get what u like (or) you will be forced to like what u get"

Hi MrFrost,Thank you for posting in windows forums, i agree with Deva, you can rely on Diskpart utility, a latest update is released by microsoft for servers. please see the link below.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923076sainath !analyze

Whether you use diskpart.exe or a third party utility you will have to do it off-line. You will need a boot cd with the tool on it.You can boot to a WinPE command prompt using a Vista orServer 2008 setup disk and selecting "repair my computer". Then you can choose "open a command prompt", in which you can use diskpart.If you want to shrink the partition, you will definately need a third party tool. I have used the open source tool gparted. Boot disk images are available on SourceForge.

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There is no 100% security of partition software, you'd better backup your important data before resizing partitions. I used EASEUS Partition Master, it was able to resize my disk partitions, no data loss. You can have a try. Steps to resize Windows Server 2003 partitions:http://www.partition-tool.com/resource/resize-partition-windows-2003-server.htm

Many partition software can resize 2003 server partition, i don't kown if the partion magic work smoothly on 2003. Here is an instruction about "How to Resize Windows 2003 System Partition?"

of cause the solution of resize partition server 2003 is existing. With the data security, Aomei Partition Assistant Server is recommended.

Hi, In order to resize system partition on Windows Server 2003, you have to use some partition software. Because there is no resize feature in Disk Management. and Diskpart doesn't support system/boot partition extension.Therefore, You need the most popular and safest Partition Magic Server Software in http://www.partition-magic.org In case of how to resize system partition, you can follow the article which provides a detailed tutorial: http://www.partition-magic.org/server/windows-server-partition-resize.html

Hi, In order to resize partition on Windows Server 2003, you have to use some partition software. Because there is no resize feature in Disk Management. and Diskpart only support data partition extension under certain conditions.Therefore, You need the most popular and safest Partition Magic Server Software in http://www.partition-magic.org In case of how to resize a Windows Server 2003 partition without reinstallation: http://www.partition-magic.org/windows-server-2003/resize-partition-windows-server-2003.html In case of how to resize system partition, you can follow the article which provides a detailed tutorial: http://www.partition-magic.org/server/windows-server-partition-resize.html