Free partition manager for windows server

Partition manager software is the program that do disk partition management such as create new volume, delete, format partition. Better than Windows built-in Disk Management, partition manager software can do advanced management such as resize existing disk partition, copy, set Active, convert disk partition type, etc. A good partition manager software is useful and help you manage disk partition easily. However, to most of people, it is a bit difficult to find out which one is good. Here I’ll introduce the best free partition manager and server partition manager on Windows platform.

Free partition manager for Windows PC

As the most popular free partition manager for Windows PC, NIUBI Partition Editor Free Edition is powerful and easy to use. It supports Windows 10/8/7/Vista/XP both 32 and 64 bit. It provides basic partition management to create, delete, format partition, change drive letter, etc. Advanced management to resize/move existing partition without data loss, copy, hide, set active, convert, defrag, check partition and much more.

This free partition software is 100% free for home users, no ads or bundles. Free to use

Server partition manager for Windows Server

To manage server disk partitions, NIUBI Partition Editor Server Edition is highly recommended by many professional editors such as from SOFTPEDIA, CNET, PCWORD. This server partition manager is compatible with Windows Server 2016/2012/2008/2003 (R2), Small Business Server 2011/2008/2003 and Home Server. Local/removable hard disk with any interface, VMware/Hyper-V, all types of hardware RAID with any RAID controller are all supported.

Better than other tools, NIUBI Partition Editor Server is integrated unique 1 Second Roll-Back technology. It is able to automatically roll back to the status before resizing in ONE second if any software or hardware issue occur during resizing. It is the only server partition software that can ensure 100% system and data safety.

Furthermore, the unique file-moving algorithm helps resize partition 30% to 300% faster than any other tools. Data safety and time are most important to a server. Download

Advanced partition manager for both server and PC

NIUBI Partition Editor Enterprise Edition is specially designed for medium and large organizations. As the most popular enterprise disk partition management utility, it is used by many universities, governments and Fortune 500 companies. This partition manager can be installed on unlimited serves and PCs in a company (regardless of locations) to save time and cost.

If you are IT technical service provider, NPE Technician Edition is the best choice. It can be used to provide profitable service to unlimited companies and individuals. In addition, this partition manager toolkit is lifetime upgrade service included. 100% freely upgrade to all latest version to enjoy new features. Besides the powerful features, the Roll-Back data protection and fast resizing ability will help you a lot.

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Last updated on: Aug 5, 2018 @ 4:19 pm

• Applies to: All Windows Server systems, from Server 2003 to the latest Server 2022.
• Supporting: Create, delete, format, extend, shrink disk partitions in Server computers, and more advanced operations.

Is There a Free Partition Manager for Windows Server? Yes, or No

While searching partition manager software for Windows Server, many Windows Server administrators prefer free partition software for partitioning disks and volumes in their computers. However, is there a free partition manager for Windows Server users to apply and effectively manage disks independently?

The answer to this question is both Yes and No.

We say Yes because Windows Server systems contain built-in tools that work to execute some basic disk partition operations for free. And the free Server partition tools are:

1. [1]. Disk Management in Server
2. [2]. DiskPart Command Prompt in Server

The reason why we claim the answer «No» is that when you search «best free partition software», you’ll get a list of free software for Windows personnel and home users. Unfortunately, the search result doesn’t match your expectation quite well. And, when you switch the keyword as «free partition manager Windows Server» or «free Windows Server partition manager», you’ll see a list of Windows Server partitioning software recommendations. 

Then, you enter each page and find these software claims to be free but designed for home and personal users. Unfortunately, Windows Server administrators or IT service providers still require payment. 

What Is the Best Windows Server Partition Manager [Free & Paid]

So which tool to pick as a productive partition manager software for managing Windows Server partitions and disks? 

Here, we’ll compare two free Windows built-in partition management tools — Disk Management and DiskPart command lines with a reliable third-party Server partition manager software — EaseUS Partition Master. And you’ll know which tool to pick based on universal disk partitioning purposes:

So which tool should you pick for managing disk partitions on your Server computers?

• For an easy and free partitioning solution, Disk Management is trustworthy for Windows Server users.
• However, if you tend to convert disk between MBR and GPT, migrate OS to SSD, or even upgrade the entire system disk to a new one without reinstalling the system, EaseUS Partition Master deserves your trust. 

How to download and apply the desired partition manager software or tool to execute disk management operations on your Server? Follow the guide below to start managing your disk partitions now.

3 Best Windows Server Partition Tools Free Download for Managing Partitions 

Here, we’ll show you how to download and apply the Server partition manager tools to extend, shrink, create, or execute some advanced operations on your computers. The three tools will be listed from easy to complex.

Let’s get started here.

#1. EaseUS Partition Master Free Download with How-To Guide

EaseUS Partition Master is a third-party disk partitioning software that enables all levels of Windows and Windows Server users to execute basic and advanced partition management operations effectively. It applies to supporting all Windows Server users to extend, shrink, create, format partitions, and upgrade disk or system to a new drive successfully in a few simple clicks.

Let’s see how to use it:

1. Partition Hard Drive

Step 1. Launch EaseUS Partition Master to check for free space at the Partition Manager section.

• If your hard drive has unallocated space, jump to Step 3 to create partition.
• If the hard drive has no unallocated space, continue with Step 2.

Step 2. Shrink a disk partition to create unallocated space.

Right-click on the target drive partition with a lot free space and select «Resize/Move».

Drag either end of the partition rightwards or leftwards to shrink the partition size so as to get ample unallocated space. You can visually know how much space you’ve decreased in the «Partition size» area. Click «OK».

Click «Execute xx Task» and then «Apply» to save all the changes.

Go back to Partition Manager, there should be unallocated space appearing on the same disk and you can continue with Step 3 tocreate new partition on your.

Step 3. Create a new partition with unallocated space on the target hard drive.

 Right-click on the unallocated space and choose «Create».

Customize the partiton size, partition drive letter, partition label, file system (NTFS, FAT32, EXT2/3/4, exFAT) and more in the Advanced Settings. Click «OK».

Finally, click «Execute * Task» and «Apply» to complete creating partition with the unallocated space on your disk. Repeat the steps to partition a hard drive and get many more partitions.

2. Convert Disk from MBR to GPT

3. Clone Disk, Upgrade to New HDD/SSD

Step 1. Select the source disk.

• Click the «Clone» from the left menu. Select the «Clone OS Disk» or «Clone Data Disk»  and click «Next».
• Choose the source disk and click «Next».

Step 2. Select the target disk.

• Choose the wanted HDD/SSD as your destination and click «Next» to continue.
• Read Warning message and confirm «Yes» button.

Step 3. View the disk layout and edit the target disk partition size. 

Then click «Continue» when the program warns it will wipe out all data on the target disk. (If you have valuable data on the target disk, back up it in advance.)

You can select «Autofit the disk», «Clone as the source» or «Edit disk layout» to customize your disk layout. (Select the last one if you want to leave more space for C drive.)

Step 4. Click «Start» to start the disk cloning process.

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• Extend C Drive in Windows Server
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• Resize Windows Server Partition

#2. Disk Management Free Download with How-To Guide

Note that Disk Management is a Windows built-in tool that helps Windows users to execute some basic operations on their disks. Therefore, if you tend to manage hard drive partitions with this tool, you don’t need to download nor install the tool at all.

And here are the tips to manage hard drives in Disk Management:

1. Create a New Simple Volume

• Press Windows + S keys, type «Create and format hard disk partitions», and click to open Disk Management.
• On the target disk, right-click unallocated space, and select «New Simple Volume».
• Set file system, drive letter, and volume size to the partition.
• Click «Finish» to complete the process.

2. Shrink Volume

• Press Windows + S keys, type «Create and format hard disk partitions», and click to open Disk Management.
• Right-click on the partition that you tend to shrink, and select «Shrink».
• Set the size that you tend to shrink on the target volume, and click «OK» to confirm.

3. Extend Volume

Note that to extend volume on Server computers by using Disk Management requires that you have unallocated space left next to the target volume.

• If your disk doesn’t contain unallocated space, you need to shrink a neighbor volume in advance. 
• If the unallocated space is not next to your volume, EaseUS Partition Master, with its Resize/Move feature, can directly add the free space to the target partition. 

Here are the steps to extend volume in the Server computer with unallocated space left behind:

• Open Disk Management, right-click the target volume, and select «Extend Volume».
• Select to add the unallocated space into the target volume, and click «OK» to confirm.

4. Format Volume

Before you take action to format volume, make sure that you have backed-up all essential content to another drive. Here are the steps:

• Open Disk Management, right-click the target volume you want to format.
• Select «Format», set the file system, and click «OK».

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While using Disk Management, you may encounter some specific errors. Here are some tutorial tips that you may like:

#3. DiskPart Command Prompt Free Download with How-To Guide

Similar to Disk Management, DiskPart is a command prompt tool that runs syntax lines to order your computers to execute disk partitioning and other operations.

Make sure that you are very careful while running its command to perform disk management tasks on Server computers.

1. Create Volume

• Press Windows + R keys to open the Run dialog, type cmd, and click «OK». 
• Type diskpart in Command Prompt and hit Enter.
• Type the following command lines and hit Enter each time:

1. list disk
2. select disk *
3. create partition primary size=* (MB)
4. assign letter=G (add drive letter)
5. select volume * (* means volume number)
6. format fs=ntfs quick

2. Delete Volume

• Press Windows + R keys to open the Run dialog, type cmd, and click «OK». 
• Type diskpart in Command Prompt and hit Enter.
• Type the following command lines and hit Enter each time:

1. list disk
2. select disk *
3. detail disk
4. select volume *
5. delete

3. Format Volume

• Press Windows + R keys to open the Run dialog, type cmd, and click «OK». 
• Type diskpart in Command Prompt and hit Enter.
• Type the following command lines and hit Enter each time:

1. list disk
2. select disk *
3. list volume
4. select volume
5. format fs=ntfs quick 

Or, you can replace NTFS with other file systems you prefer to set to the volume.

It doesn’t matter when you encounter errors with executing the above operations with diskpart, you can follow this guide for help: Fix Command Prompt Not Working in Windows 11/10.

Conclusion

We answered the question «Is there a free partition manager tool» for Windows Server on this page. 

• For Yes, the reason is that Microsoft developed two free tools — Disk Management and DiskPart to help manage hard drives.
• For No, these two tools only work in basic disk management situations. For advanced demands, like cloning or upgrading OS drive, you still need to turn to professional Server partition software for help. 

We provided free and paid partition manager tools for all Windows Server users to apply for executing different tasks. Among these three tools, to quickly optimize partitions on your computer, EaseUS Partition Master shall stand out and help to manage your internal and external disks.