How do you re size your server hard disk in Windows 2008 server with out any third party software?

Question

The Hard disk containing data and you need re size or enlarge with out any dataloss

Adeel Ilyas Hinjrah · Answer

Go to disk mangment.
Right click the drive.
Select shrink or expan volume.
Enter the no of MB's you want to shrink/expand.
And click OK.
Wait for some time and you are done.
For advanced operations you need third party solutions which are Partation Magic, paragon partation manager, acronis disk director and many more.

Deleted user · Answer

bsm allah alrahman alrahim

Dangerus ?

I did that before and I lost the OS

- you must1st make a backup of your data [ all the hard drive data ]

- you must2nd make a backup for MBR

- then try to shrink or resize partations

observe

partation table in MBR are so sensetive

صلاح الدين بسيونى عبداللطيف بسيونى · Answer

from control panle from partion you can resize partion

Deleted user · Answer

before doing the partition have to backup of old data using external hdd because data may get loss , after taking the backup using disk management by shirk method can partition the hdd

Alaa Hassan Khallaf Sherif · Answer

disk managment from server manager then click "shrink"

Mukhthar Kunhimmarakkarakath · Answer

Excellent answers

Nuruzzama Siddiqui · Answer

Shrink the volume using disk managment

Muhammad Tahir Masood · Answer

Use Partition Assistant ......!

Shanif Salim · Answer

Click shrink option in disk management...since windows vista is launched no third party utility required to do this operation

Nazeer Majeed · Answer

Must take the backup of the specified harddisk and using extend / shrink partition option in Disk management to resize or reduce

Muhammad Anzar · Answer

You can extend or shrink the volume from Disk management. Disk Management from Computer Management

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