How to extend Windows Server 2003 partition without affecting data? We believe this is a question that bothers the majority of Windows Server 2003 users. In fact, after using Windows Server 2003 for a long period of time, users will inevitably meet partition space insufficiency problem. At this time, server partition extension is favored by most Windows Server 2003 users and it is actually the best solution to partition space insufficiency problem. Well, how should users extend Windows Server 2003 partition? Since the built-in disk management tool of Windows Server 2003 has no server partition extension function, users are not able to count on this tool. Actually, the built-in disk management tool of Windows Server 2008 provides such function to extend server partition, but users are still not willing to use this tool since the data security can’t be greatly ensured in the server partition extension process. Therefore, even if there is such function in the built-in disk management tool of Windows Server 2003, users will not adopt it to extend Windows Server 2003 partition. Taking data security into consideration, we suggest Windows Server 2003 users choosing powerful server partition magic for achieving nondestructive server partition extension.
 
Powerful server partition magic
The fact is that it is quite difficult to find powerful server partition magic from a large amount of server partition magic on current market. To help Windows Server 2003 users with that, we recommend paying a visit to http://www.server-partition-resize.com. On this website, a piece of powerful server partition magic named MiniTool Partition Wizard can be downloaded easily and freely. In preparation for server partition extension, users have to install powerful server partition magic on Windows Server 2003 computer, and then run it to start to extend Windows Server 2003 partition.
 
Three ways to enter the operating interface of server partition extension
The powerful server partition magic – MiniTool Partition Wizard provides Windows Server 2003 users with three ways to enter the operating interface of server partition extension. Now, we will introduce the exact operations to extend Windows Server 2003 partition through these three ways.
 

 
1.  Select the partition that users want to extend and click “Extend Partition” function in the left action panel of powerful server partition magic.
2.  Select the target partition, click “Partition” option in the toolbar and choose “Extend” from the drop-down list.
3.  Right click the target partition and choose “Extend” action in the following pop-up list.
After that, users need to choose a location and drag the sliding button below the sentence “How much free space do you want to take?” to take some free space in order to extend Windows Server 2003 partition effectively. By clicking “OK” button to go back to the main interface of powerful server partition magic and clicking “Apply” button to execute all changes, users are able to extend Windows Server 2003 partition successfully.