Click Shrink button to shrink this partition with maximum available space, or enter a specified amount by yourself.

Right click a NTFS partition and select Shrink Volume.

Press Windows + X keys together and then click Disk Management.

If you don’t like to use third party software and just want to shrink a NTFS partition, you may give Disk Management a try. Otherwise, Extend Volume option is grayed out.

When extending a partition, there must be adjacent Unallocated space on the right.

If there are unmovable files in a partition, it can only shrink partition with little available space.It cannot change the start position of a volume, therefore, it can only shrink a partition towards left and make Unallocated space on the right.It can only resize NTFS partition, FAT32 and any other types of partitions are not supported.Shortages to resize Server 2012 partition with Disk Management: Comparing with server partition software, Disk Management has many shortages. If there are both Primary and Logical partitions on a disk, pay more attention. Disk Management is not 100% safe, it destroyed my partitions several times. It is not true as least when resizing partitions. Some people think that Windows native tool has best compatibility and safety. The same with other versions, Windows Server 2012 has “Shrink Volume” and “Extend Volume” functions in Disk Management tool. Resize partition in Server 2012 r2 via Disk Management In this article, I’ll introduce how to resize partition in Windows Server 2012 R2 with Disk Management and the safest partition software. If resize Server 2012 partition with third party software, some people are worry about data safety. But because of many shortages, you’ll encounter problem in most cases. The native Disk Management tool has “Shrink Volume” and “Extend Volume” functions to help resize partition in Windows Server 2012 (R2). It is not an easy task to change partition size to many people.

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