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  • Since the release and improvement of Microsoft operating system, the file system has also developed constantly ranging from the initial FAT 12 to the latest NTFS which enjoys higher safety and has been widely used by user throughout the world. During the course, Microsoft has also issued FAT16 and FAT32. As the most popular file system, NTFS offers file encryption, file compression and partition compression functions to bear better disk management capacity and higher safety performance in comparison with FAT file system. The upgraded performance of NTFS has undisputedly brought us enormous expediencies; nevertheless, it has also invited corresponding problems such as operations on disk management. NTFS file system is susceptible to data damage while user performs operation on NTFS disk. What's more, the system built in disk management tool would fail to resize even FAT partition, let alone NTFS. Therefore, to resize NTFS partition, user should have recourse to a third-party partition manager, for example MiniTool Partition Wizard Server Edition.

    NTFS:
    NTFS is a standard file system for Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista and Windows 7 that has replaced FAT to provide file system for Windows operating system by improving FAT and HPFS. Its functions include supporting metadata, employing high-level data structure to improve performance, reliability, disk space utilization, and other additional functions such as accessing ACL and file system journaling. The data encryption and data compression functions have not only bettered disk utilization, but enhanced file safety.

    How to resize NTFS partition?
    To resize NTFS partition, user should first obtain the partition manager MiniTool Partition Wizard Server Edition by visit MiniTool Partition Wizard Download Center to download.
    After running MiniTool Partition Wizard Server Edition, user would come to the following interface:



    In this interface, user should select and right click desired NTFS partition, then click "Move/Resize".



    This interface is to set partition size by dragging left or right arrow or setting unallocated space, then click "OK" to enter next step:



    Finally, user should click "Apply" to execute all previous settings to really resize NTFS partition. During this process, partition data will be free from any damage.


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