Drive Space

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When our server was set up in 2003 Drive C: was allocated 5.85GB.
Over the years much of that space was used up and we are down to about
415MB. We have our databases and applications on Drive D:. I deleted
the $NTUnistall*
files except for the most recent and that broght the free space to
about 1GB. The next morning the free space was back to about 415MB.
The Veritas backup runs overnight but the space on C: that it uses is
freed up upon completion. Any ideas why the free space would change
so dratsitcally overnight? I could add another hard drive but I have
heard that moving/expanding drive C: is not that simple.

Thank you.
 
Moving/expanding C is very simple. Get you a copy of norton ghost or Acronis
TrueImage (or whatever other imaging software you like) attach a new hard
drive and clone your existing C drive to it. Detach the old and configure
the new as the primary and your good to go.

"jcpub" wrote:

> When our server was set up in 2003 Drive C: was allocated 5.85GB.
> Over the years much of that space was used up and we are down to about
> 415MB. We have our databases and applications on Drive D:. I deleted
> the $NTUnistall*
> files except for the most recent and that broght the free space to
> about 1GB. The next morning the free space was back to about 415MB.
> The Veritas backup runs overnight but the space on C: that it uses is
> freed up upon completion. Any ideas why the free space would change
> so dratsitcally overnight? I could add another hard drive but I have
> heard that moving/expanding drive C: is not that simple.
>
> Thank you.
>
>
 
Hi jcpub,

If this is a DC on a multi-DC network make sure to read up on UNS Rollback
before imaging your drive.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875495
http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?p=552065#post552065

Have you tried moving your pagefile to another physical disk?
http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/04/27/pagefile.html

Are you running Exchange or SQL on this server? If so you should make sure
that the log files for these are moved to another disk.
Are there any programs you could move from C?
If this is a print server you could check to see if there are driver
packages installed that you dont need which you could get rid of.
(Printers ->Server Properties)
Are there any user profiles stored on this server which you can get rid of?
Are there any temporary files in C:\Windows\Temp\ ? Compare the date & time
stamps on the files with your last reboot, any files older than the last
reboot can be deleted.

Approach all of these suggestions with caution of course and a good backup.
:-)

Coraleigh Miller


"Ehren" <Ehren@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:94BD5220-6CA7-4B91-A81C-599FECE8FF66@microsoft.com...
> Moving/expanding C is very simple. Get you a copy of norton ghost or
> Acronis
> TrueImage (or whatever other imaging software you like) attach a new hard
> drive and clone your existing C drive to it. Detach the old and configure
> the new as the primary and your good to go.
>
> "jcpub" wrote:
>
>> When our server was set up in 2003 Drive C: was allocated 5.85GB.
>> Over the years much of that space was used up and we are down to about
>> 415MB. We have our databases and applications on Drive D:. I deleted
>> the $NTUnistall*
>> files except for the most recent and that broght the free space to
>> about 1GB. The next morning the free space was back to about 415MB.
>> The Veritas backup runs overnight but the space on C: that it uses is
>> freed up upon completion. Any ideas why the free space would change
>> so dratsitcally overnight? I could add another hard drive but I have
>> heard that moving/expanding drive C: is not that simple.
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>>
 
We moved pagefile to drive D: and whatever programs could be were
moved to D:. We are not running Exchange or SQL on the server. All of
our printers except one are attached directly to workstations. The
other printer is attached to the network. How do I find out how much
space would be freed up if I remove some of the printer drivers?



On Jul 25, 2:48 pm, "Coraleigh Miller" <CoraleighMil...@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Hi jcpub,
>
> If this is a DC on a multi-DC network make sure to read up on UNS Rollback
> before imaging your drive.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875...curity.com/showthread.php?p=552065#post552065
>
> Have you tried moving your pagefile to another physical disk?http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/04/27/pagefile.html
>
> Are you running Exchange or SQL on this server? If so you should make sure
> that the log files for these are moved to another disk.
> Are there any programs you could move from C?
> If this is a print server you could check to see if there are driver
> packages installed that you dont need which you could get rid of.
> (Printers ->Server Properties)
> Are there any user profiles stored on this server which you can get rid of?
> Are there any temporary files in C:\Windows\Temp\ ? Compare the date & time
> stamps on the files with your last reboot, any files older than the last
> reboot can be deleted.
>
> Approach all of these suggestions with caution of course and a good backup.
> :-)
>
> Coraleigh Miller
>
> "Ehren" <Eh...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>
> news:94BD5220-6CA7-4B91-A81C-599FECE8FF66@microsoft.com...
>
>
>
> > Moving/expanding C is very simple. Get you a copy of norton ghost or
> > Acronis
> > TrueImage (or whatever other imaging software you like) attach a new hard
> > drive and clone your existing C drive to it. Detach the old and configure
> > the new as the primary and your good to go.
>
> > "jcpub" wrote:
>
> >> When our server was set up in 2003 Drive C: was allocated 5.85GB.
> >> Over the years much of that space was used up and we are down to about
> >> 415MB. We have our databases and applications on Drive D:. I deleted
> >> the $NTUnistall*
> >> files except for the most recent and that broght the free space to
> >> about 1GB. The next morning the free space was back to about 415MB.
> >> The Veritas backup runs overnight but the space on C: that it uses is
> >> freed up upon completion. Any ideas why the free space would change
> >> so dratsitcally overnight? I could add another hard drive but I have
> >> heard that moving/expanding drive C: is not that simple.
>
> >> Thank you.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
 
Your printer driver files are usually stored in
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers , you can find the location through the
Print Server Properties -> Drivers tab -> Properties. If this folder is
quite large try removing the drivers you dont need through the Print Server
Properties window.

Coraleigh

"jcpub" <jcp@jcpub.com> wrote in message
news:1185393722.248208.61240@r34g2000hsd.googlegroups.com...
> We moved pagefile to drive D: and whatever programs could be were
> moved to D:. We are not running Exchange or SQL on the server. All of
> our printers except one are attached directly to workstations. The
> other printer is attached to the network. How do I find out how much
> space would be freed up if I remove some of the printer drivers?
>
>
>
> On Jul 25, 2:48 pm, "Coraleigh Miller" <CoraleighMil...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>> Hi jcpub,
>>
>> If this is a DC on a multi-DC network make sure to read up on UNS
>> Rollback
>> before imaging your
>> drive.http://support.microsoft.com/kb/875...curity.com/showthread.php?p=552065#post552065
>>
>> Have you tried moving your pagefile to another physical
>> disk?http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2004/04/27/pagefile.html
>>
>> Are you running Exchange or SQL on this server? If so you should make
>> sure
>> that the log files for these are moved to another disk.
>> Are there any programs you could move from C?
>> If this is a print server you could check to see if there are driver
>> packages installed that you dont need which you could get rid of.
>> (Printers ->Server Properties)
>> Are there any user profiles stored on this server which you can get rid
>> of?
>> Are there any temporary files in C:\Windows\Temp\ ? Compare the date &
>> time
>> stamps on the files with your last reboot, any files older than the last
>> reboot can be deleted.
>>
>> Approach all of these suggestions with caution of course and a good
>> backup.
>> :-)
>>
>> Coraleigh Miller
>>
>> "Ehren" <Eh...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>
>> news:94BD5220-6CA7-4B91-A81C-599FECE8FF66@microsoft.com...
>>
>>
>>
>> > Moving/expanding C is very simple. Get you a copy of norton ghost or
>> > Acronis
>> > TrueImage (or whatever other imaging software you like) attach a new
>> > hard
>> > drive and clone your existing C drive to it. Detach the old and
>> > configure
>> > the new as the primary and your good to go.
>>
>> > "jcpub" wrote:
>>
>> >> When our server was set up in 2003 Drive C: was allocated 5.85GB.
>> >> Over the years much of that space was used up and we are down to about
>> >> 415MB. We have our databases and applications on Drive D:. I deleted
>> >> the $NTUnistall*
>> >> files except for the most recent and that broght the free space to
>> >> about 1GB. The next morning the free space was back to about 415MB.
>> >> The Veritas backup runs overnight but the space on C: that it uses is
>> >> freed up upon completion. Any ideas why the free space would change
>> >> so dratsitcally overnight? I could add another hard drive but I have
>> >> heard that moving/expanding drive C: is not that simple.
>>
>> >> Thank you.- Hide quoted text -
>>
>> - Show quoted text -
>
>
 
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