How to use Volume Manager on Windows Server 2003

The Problem:

Hi, my Dell running Windows Server 2003 is with low disk space. There is only 500MB in C drive while there is 30 free space in D partition. Some stupid guy before I inherit this machine set up the partitions. My problem is I failed to install Partition Magic 8.0 in Windows Server 2003 and it said,

Error: Program not for Windows Net/2000/NT Server

I was told I should use Volume Manager to resize server partition. Then I find Volume Manager and wish to solve the problem. However I failed to install Volume Manager in Windows Server 2003.
Any solutions? Thanks!

The Cause:

Volume Manager is a server repartitioning program. However it only works on Windows Server .NT/2000 not for Windows Server 2003. (Windows .Net is the old server version before Windows Server 2003.) Programs like Partition Magic do a lot of low-level stuff, and they are very operating system specific. If you run them on the wrong operating system, you run a good chance of trashing the hard disk and making it unusable for that o/s. To prevent that, the program will check the o/s before installing and refuse to install in an inappropriate place.

The Solution:

Try up to date server repartitioning software like Partition Wizard Server. As we know Partition Magic (formerly PartitionMagic) and Volume Manager were developed by PowerQuest. Once PowerQuest was acquired by Symantec, the two programs were not upgraded.

To resize Windows Server 2003 partition, you need to pick up reliable program which ensures no rebooting of resizing partitions, stable performance, and fast tech support. Here is a tutorial to resize partition with Partition Wizard Server.

Tutorial

Partition Wizard Server ranks Top1 in our review test among all partition server software. It works with all raid partitions, all server systems. Here are the steps to resize partition with it.

  1. Download a free trial and run it.
  2. Right click the partition which you want to change size, and go to "Resize/Move" on the show-up menu.

    3. resize partition

  3. Drag the partition rightwards to shrink partition and make some space available for redistribution

    4. shrink partition----> free space available

  4. Right click the system partition and choose Resize/Move. In the pop up window, drag the right borderline of the system partition to extend.

    5. extend c drive ---->c drive larger

Then to apply the changes, then you can make your partition larger without reloading os nor moving files.

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