How to shrink partition for Windows Server 2003?

As time goes on, server technology is growing more and more mature. Server, the network node, stores and processes 80% data and information, so it is also regarded as the soul of network. With the advance of information technology, the role of server is further highlighted and user poses higher and higher requirements over information system's data processing capability and security performance. Usually, server own would create an independent partition for data storage to improve data security. When data partition runs out of free space, user has to free up a large amount of free space by shrinking other partitions and allocates these free space for data partition. It is noteworthy that user is kindly recommended to first stop all application programs before shrinking the handling partition so as to shrink partition more efficiently. Though Shrink Partition helps manage partition, this operation is failed to be covered by Windows server 2003 built-in disk management tool. Fortunately, user can turn to third-party partition magic to successfully and safety shrink partition. As to partition magic, I would like to recommend MiniTool Partition Wizard, a brilliant partition magic able to shrink Windows server 2003 partition, delete partition, wipe partition and format partition, etc.

Server maintenance
The following points should be emphasized for daily server maintenance:
1. As the base of server normal operation, the significance of server is conspicuous. Therefore, user must timely install system patches to secure data safety.
2. There are many network services on server, such as WWW, DNS, DHCP, SMTP and FTP, etc. Along with the diversity of network service, system is susceptible to chaos resulting in poor security performance and user always needs to reset server parameters to ensure server security and server normal operation.
3. Database is important data source of server storing an awful amount of precious data. User must periodically maintain database to five full play to computer performance and copy database by burning it onto CD for permanent storage and data recovery in the event of server fault.

Shrink Windows 2003 partition with MiniTool Partition Wizard
Now I am to give a demonstration on shrinking partition with MiniTool Partition Wizard partition magic:
First download MiniTool Partition Wizard at http://www.partitionwizard.com/download.html for free and install it to computer.
Launch this partition magic to meet following interface.



Select the desired partition and click "Move/Resize" at the toolbar.



Shrink partition size by dragging the left/right-oriented arrows or directly entering precise values. After setting, click "OK".



Click "Apply" to execute pending operation and finish Shrink Partition with this partition magic.

How to increase partition size in Windows XP?

The purpose of this article: to have Windows XP users acquire how to increase partition size in Windows XP.

Related tools: PC with Windows XP operating system, the partition magic MiniTool Partition Wizard.

Content:
As known to all, the built-in disk management tool in Windows XP has no function of resizing partition, so we have to employ the function "Move/Resize" of the free partition magic, MiniTool Partition Wizard, to increase partition size in Windows XP. Then detailed operation demonstration will be shown to make users grasp the method for increasing partition size in Windows XP.

Firstly, visit the official website http://www.partitionwizard.com/ to download and install the free partition magic. Then launch it, and the main window of MiniTool Partition Wizard will be shown.



In the main window, we can see disk numbers and partition distribution condition. To increase a partition, there must be unallocated space (marked with "Unallocated" in the above picture) on the same disk. If the unallocated space exists, we can extend partition directly; if there is no unallocated space, we should delete other partitions or shrink a partition with amounts of unused space to get the unallocated space. After that, select the partition to be increased and click "Move/Resize" to get the following window.



In this window, drag the right triangle rightward to increase partition space. Then click "OK" to go back to the main window.



In the main window, we can see Partition D: has increased from 13.8GB to 69.6GB, but this is only a preview effect. We need to click "Apply". After all operations are finished, increasing partition size in Windows XP is accomplished as well.

Functions of increasing partition size: Seeing the detailed demo, most users may have known how to increase Windows XP partition size, which is helpful, because increasing partition size is able to solve lots of problems. For example, when we encounter the situation where a partition is lacking in space or where partition condition is unreasonable, resizing partition could fix the problem easily. For individual computer users, MiniTool Partition Wizard is free partition magic, possessing many other partition management functions besides resizing partition, the best choice for partition management operations.

Certainly, other operations of partition management can be acquired from our official website where operation videos are provided, facilitating users' learning. Finally, thanks for your support for products of MiniTool Solution Ltd..

resize RAID with partition magic

RAID 5 is very familiar for Windows server users, because it is so wildly applied to server as a result of development of RAID 5 volume technology. To store data in RAID 5 is not only as fast as in RAID 0, but also is as safe as in mirrored volume. This is the best data storage solution. However, even though RAID 5 has so many advantages in data storage, it is hard to resize RAID 5. In fact, the function of system built-in disk management tool is unpractical in actual operation so we can’t rely on it to resize RAID 5. What we need is a piece of professional partition magic. In the present software market, we have so many choices of partition magic that we need to be very careful to find the reliable and suitable one. The following two features should be considered to choose one partition magic:

1. Easy-to-use: As most common computer users have no professional partition management knowledge, so to employ a piece of easy-to-use partition magic is very important and necessary.
2. All-sided functions: During daily operation, we many encounter all kinds of partition problems, and the partition magic we need should possess all-sided partition management functions.
These two features are very important for a professional partition magic. Considering these requirements, the professional partition magic MilfordSoft Partition Star is greatly suggested. User can easily resize RAID 5 with partition magic – Partition Star.

Resize RAID 5 with partition magic – MilfordSoft Partition Star
Firs of all, we need to download MilfordSoft Partition Star from its official website www.partitionstar.com and install it to computer. Then we can launch it to enter main interface:



This is main interface of MilfordSoft Partition Star. To resize RAID 5 with partition magic, just select target RAID 5 volume, and click on “Move/Resize” button. MilfordSoft Partition Star will give us detailed operating prompts, and by following the prompts, we will successfully resize RAID 5 with partition magic, MilfordSoft Partition Star.

This is only a brief introduction to the powerful partition magic – MilfordSoft Partition Star. Besides resize RAID 5, this partition magic still has many other powerful partition management functions. If you are interested in MilfordSoft Partition Star, you can visit its official website and download it!