Replacement of Partition Magic for Windows Server 2003

“Low Disk Space” is the most common issue in Windows Server 2003, it means that there is little free disk space left in a certain volume, in most cases, it points to the system C drive, because large amout of files including Windows, applications and updates files are written to this volume. When there is not enough free space, Windows runs much slower, you cannot install updates and put this server under dangerous situation. Someone may cry and say “damn it, I have to spend the whole weekend to start from scratch”. Repartition the whole disk drive and recovery, or even reinstall the Windows 2003 Server. To me? I cannot bear this.

The more experienced technicians feel much better, because they know Partition Magic, a wonderful utility that is able to change allocated partition size without losing data. In old days, it is so famous, Obama, who knows? (lol) HOWEVER, Partition Magic only supports Windows 2000 and XP. For Windows Server 2003, just forget it, because Partition Magic isn’t compatible with Windows Server editions, in addition, Symantec has officially announced they stopped selling this program.

SO, this is the reason why the article titled “replacement of partition magic for Windows Server 2003“.

Windows built-in utility

If you search more in Google, you may read some articles titled like “extend Windows Server 2003 partition with diskpart”, bullshit, you cannot do it, after wasting a long time, you’ll know it is in a specific, absolutely senseless sitution. In Windows Server 2003, there is no “shrink” command, how can you get free space? The “Extend” command works only when there is free unallocated space behind, where to get such space? It sounds a bit complicated, don’t worry, contiue reading, you’ll know how easy it is to repartition with Windows Server 2003 partition magic software.

Some people like to use free tools, yes, there are free for Server 2003, but they are based on Linux and work by boot disk, do you believe such tools are compatible with Windows OS, file system, drives, etc. 100%? For a server, the compatibility, stability and safety are the most important aspects, right?

Magic partitioning software for Windows 2003 Server

Some people want to extend partitions, but others want to shrink a volume and create more drives. Someone likes to combine two drives, while others want to split a large drive. AOMEI Partition Assistant provides full set of features to manage the Server 2003 disk partitions easily. Comparing to Partition Magic, Partition Assistant supports both Windows PCs and Servers, including Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012, Small Business Servers and Home Servers.

Disk repartition is just small part of the features, the magic partitioning software helps you solve most of the disk partition problems.

Comparing to other tools, Partition Assistant is much easier to use, especially for repartition. The enhanced data protection technology helps you repartition without worrying about data loss. With this Windows Server 2003 partition magic software, your disk partition management tasks become much more easily.