He downloaded the latest version from the official site and booted the server from an Acronis bootable media created from the ISO file. The interface was intuitive, and Alex quickly got to work. The first step was to back up all the data on the server, a precaution Alex never skipped. Once he had a secure backup, he began analyzing the disk layout. There were several partitions, some of which were no longer needed to be as large as they once were. Using Acronis Partition Assistant, Alex was able to shrink a large data partition, create a new partition for future needs, and then expand the primary partition where the operating system resided.