Top Disk Partition Software for Windows 2012 (R2)

Looking for disk partition software for Windows 2012? AOMEI Partition Assistant Server could be a nice partition tool to manage hard disk partition well.

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By Emily / Updated on May 12, 2023

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When need disk partition software in Windows 2012?

With the release of Windows 2012, we can see that it is much easier for users to mange hard disk partition than the version before. Disk Management built-in Windows 2012 contains “Extend Volume” and “Shrink Volume”, two convenient functions assist Windows 2012 users to shrink or extend existing partition more easily than before.

However, the “Extend Volume” and “Shrink Volume” options can only work on NTFS partition. Besides, you can only extend one partition when it is followed by an adjacent unallocated space.To be specific, when there is no continuous free space to the partition we want to extend on the right side, the “Extend Volume” will be greyed out. Although with the help of “Shrink Volume”, we can get an unallocated space, we cannot move it next to the partition we need to extend.

Extend Volume Greyed Out Server 2012

In this situation, you have two solutions: one is to delete a contiguous existing partition (it is risk to lose important data); another one is to turn to a professional disk partition manager for Windows Server 2012. Apparently, the second one is much safer.

Recommended disk partitioning software for Windows Server (2012)

A piece of top disk partition software should be able to let you create, delete, shrink, expand, split, or merge partitions on your hard drives or other storage devices. Taking into all those into consideration, we highly recommended AOMEI Partition Assistant Server. It is disk partitioning software for Windows Server system, such as Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022 , Windows Small Business Server 2003, 2008, 2011 and Windows Home Server 2011.

Apart from the basic features such as create, delete, shrink, extend, split or merge partitions, it can also clone partition, convert file systems between FAT32 and NTFS instead of formatting, clone hard disk, convert MBR and GPT without deleting partitions, convert dynamic disk to basic disk without removing dynamic volumes, transfer OS to SSD without reinstalling everything, and more.

Next, we will take easily extending Server 2012 system drive via its “Allocate Free Space” as a demonstration. It allows you to directly transfer some free space from one drive to another one.

Step 1. Install and run the AOMEI Partition Assistant Server. Right-click one partition that has enough unused space and choose "Allocate Free Space”.

Allocate Free Space

Step 2. Then, you can input how much space to transfer to the C drive and click on “OK”.

Allocate Free Space From D To C Drive

Step 3. Click “Apply” and “Proceed” to commit the pending operation.

Proceed

Summary

From the content above, we can easily know that AOMEI Partition Assistant Server is the powerful disk partitioning software for Windows Server 2012. Also, it is also compatible with Windows 10/8/7 and Windows XP/Vista. Besides, there is the AOMEI Partition Assistant Unlimited edition for an unlimited number of computers within one company. Moreover, if you want to provide billable services & unlimited for enterprise usage, the Technician Edition can meet your requirements.

Emily
Emily · Staff Editor
Emily is an English editor of AOMEI Technology; she has a great passion for providing easy solutions for people to tackle with all disk or partition management problems. In addition to writing articles about disk/partition management, she also edits great tutorials on how to back up and restore disk for data security. In her spare time, she loves to learn computer skill to improve herself or stay with her family to enjoy a good day.