Resize Windows Server 2008 64 bit partition with magic server partition software

How to resize server 2008 64 bit partition? This article is right for you and will talk about Windows Server 2008 and introduce you a partition software - EaseUS Partition Master to resize partition on Windows Server 2008 64 bit.

About Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008 is one of Microsoft Windows' server lines of operating systems. Released to manufacturing on February 4, 2008, and officially released on February 27, 2008, it is the successor to Windows Server 2003, released nearly six years earlier. A second release, named Windows Server 2008 R2, was released to manufacturing on July 22, 2009. Like Windows Vista and Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 is built on Windows NT 6.x.

About Windows 2008 Server 64 bit

Most editions of Windows Server 2008 are available in x86-64 (64-bit) and x86 (32-bit) versions. Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems supports IA-64 processors. The IA-64 version is optimized for high workload scenarios like database servers and Line of Business (LOB) applications.

Thus, most Windows Server 2008 users are using 64 bit system. What can they do if they are confronted with partition problems, for example, the system partition is out of space? Is there any easy, safe, and fast way to resize Server 2008 64 bit partition?

The answer is yes. To resize Server 2008 64 bit partition with server partition software - EaseUS Partition Master Server Edition is a nice choice.

How to resize Server 2008 64 bit partition?

Before resizing Server 2008 64 bit partition, I strongly recommend you to back up everything on the partition because nothing is 100% securing. Otherwise you will meet the possibility of losing your data due to unexpected shutdown or other unknown reasons.

The following is step-by-step instruction to extend system partition (C: drive).

1. Launch EaseUS Partition Master.

Server partition manager software

If there is no unallocated space behind the system partition, please follow the below steps. If there is unallocated space behind the system partition, please directly go to step 4.

2. Select partition E:, right click it, select "Resize/Move partition" and drag the partition handle leftwards to resize E drive. Then there will be unallocated space behind E: drive.

Resize the data partition

3. Move E: drive rightwards to let the unallocated space be behind the system partition (C: drive) and click OK.

Move the data partition

4. Select the system partition (C: drive), right click it and select "Resize/Move partition", drag the partition handle rightwards to extend system partition (C: drive).

Extend system partition

5. Click Apply.

For more detailed information, please visit resizing and moving partitions.

You will resize Server 2008 64 bit partition size successfully.

Besides partition manager for Windows Server 2008 64 bit, EaseUS Partition Master provides Partition Recovery Wizard and Disk and Partition Copy Wizard features. It is a complete solution to solve your Windows Server 2008 hard disk and partition problem.

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