Windows 2003 Suggestions on how to deal with a low disk space problem on a system drive

[Bill Fuller]

Unfortunately, I left the system drive size on my Dell Poweredge at the
default (13GB). That is fine, until I later discovered that applications
such as Sql Server 2005 do not have an option for installing components on a
drive OTHER than the system drive. Service packs and application
installations, even if not on the C: drive, also seem to consume space.

So my questions are:

1. Short Term Solution: Is there any files (such as sp or app installation)
files that I safely delete?
2. Long Term Solution: How can I increase the size of the system drive
without having to completely rebuild from scratch?

 

[Mathieu CHATEAU]

Hello,

is the pagefile not on the system drive ?
Any memory dump (c:\windows\memory.dmp) ?
SQL dumps on the system drive ?

You may use windirstat (freeware) to find the spaces eater:
http://windirstat.info/



--
Cordialement,
Mathieu CHATEAU
http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com


"Bill Fuller" <someone@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> Unfortunately, I left the system drive size on my Dell Poweredge at the
> default (13GB). That is fine, until I later discovered that applications
> such as Sql Server 2005 do not have an option for installing components on
> a drive OTHER than the system drive. Service packs and application
> installations, even if not on the C: drive, also seem to consume space.
>
> So my questions are:
>
> 1. Short Term Solution: Is there any files (such as sp or app
> installation) files that I safely delete?
> 2. Long Term Solution: How can I increase the size of the system drive
> without having to completely rebuild from scratch?
>

 

[Bill Fuller]

Cool program. Looks like a major cuprit is Windows/Installer/Files... I
wonder. Is this just a cache and is it safe to delete these?

"Mathieu CHATEAU" <gollum123@free.fr> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> is the pagefile not on the system drive ?
> Any memory dump (c:\windows\memory.dmp) ?
> SQL dumps on the system drive ?
>
> You may use windirstat (freeware) to find the spaces eater:
> http://windirstat.info/
>
>
>
> --
> Cordialement,
> Mathieu CHATEAU
> http://lordoftheping.blogspot.com
>
>
> "Bill Fuller" <someone@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:%23Om3Rxl5HHA.536@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Unfortunately, I left the system drive size on my Dell Poweredge at the
>> default (13GB). That is fine, until I later discovered that applications
>> such as Sql Server 2005 do not have an option for installing components
>> on a drive OTHER than the system drive. Service packs and application
>> installations, even if not on the C: drive, also seem to consume space.
>>
>> So my questions are:
>>
>> 1. Short Term Solution: Is there any files (such as sp or app
>> installation) files that I safely delete?
>> 2. Long Term Solution: How can I increase the size of the system drive
>> without having to completely rebuild from scratch?
>>
>

 

[Chris Hills]

Re: Suggestions on how to deal with a low disk space problem on asystem drive

Mathieu CHATEAU wrote:
> Hello,
>
> is the pagefile not on the system drive ?
> Any memory dump (c:\windows\memory.dmp) ?
> SQL dumps on the system drive ?
>
> You may use windirstat (freeware) to find the spaces eater:
> http://windirstat.info/

Another good one for this is Space Monger, particularly the older
version, which is also free:-
http://www.sixty-five.cc/sm/v1x.php

(Windirstat looks a lot like seqouiaview to me!)