Extend System Partition on Windows Server 2003

Question: I am using Windows Server 2003. However, the Operating System Disk Manager will not allow me to extend system partition. I can only use the new disk capacity to create a new partition. Unfortunately, Microsoft Partner Support says I can only extend a Windows Server 2003 system partition by reformatting the drive and reinstalling the server Operating System or turning to a third-party solution. But I am not told which third-party solution I may use. Any ideas?

Answer: There is no way to extend the system partition with Windows Server 2003 booted.

You can however extend system partition on a server 2003 that is booted from an NTFS boot disk using the Diskpart resource kit utility if there is contiguous space available of the disk as the example below.

Note: Contiguous space may be achieved by moving existing partitions on the disk supporting the boot volume. Ensure that all data is backed up, inasmuch as this is not a supported approach.

With the system booted using an NTFS boot disk, the volume can be extended by running Diskpart.exe from a command line. There are a number of commands available associated with the Diskpart utility.

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To extend system partition on Windows Server 2003, you may follow the coming steps:

1. Select the system partition to be extended.

2. Click it > Resize / Move.

3. On a disk map, current size of system partition is displayed on the top of the dialog box. The map also depicts the used and unused space within system partition and the free space surrounding system partition (if any exists). The minimum and maximum sizes that you can resize system partition appear below the map.

4. Position the mouse pointer on the left or right system partition handle.

5. The mouse pointer changes to a double-headed arrow.

6. Drag the handle to system partition size you want.

7. Click OK.

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