c drive filling up fast

[Guest lenny]

Hi,

We have 2 drives on our Terminal Services Server C and D. C drive has filled

up and now there are only a few hundred MB left but the D drive is larger

and nearly completly empty. How can I start using the D drive and also free

up space on the C?

Cheers

Lenny

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: c drive filling up fast

 

Hello Lenny,

 

Did you ever run "Disk cleanup" on the server? If not start with that one.

Then if you are sure that updates not needed to be uninstalled you can delete

KBxxxxxx uninstall folders under c:\windows or you move all the uninstall

folders to the other drive, so you can move them back if needed. Do not move/delete

the $hfmig$ folder. Additional you can delete the content fomr the C:\windows\softwaredistribution

folder, this is only needed during update of the server. To delete the content

you have to stop the automatic update service, after deleting start it again

and the folder structure will be rebuilded. Normally you can also move the

pagefile to the other disk, but i am not sure if that is a good solution

for a TS.

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

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> Hi,

> We have 2 drives on our Terminal Services Server C and D. C drive has

> filled

> up and now there are only a few hundred MB left but the D drive is

> larger

> and nearly completly empty. How can I start using the D drive and also

> free

> up space on the C?

> Cheers

> Lenny

[Guest lenny]

Re: c drive filling up fast

 

We also have the main Small Business Server with a large HD where all the

users shared data is stored.

 

"lenny" <lenny@thetakeout.com> wrote in message

news:B_OdndxPbZ8JhBLVnZ2dnUVZ8qPinZ2d@pipex.net...

> Hi,

> We have 2 drives on our Terminal Services Server C and D. C drive has

> filled up and now there are only a few hundred MB left but the D drive is

> larger and nearly completly empty. How can I start using the D drive and

> also free up space on the C?

> Cheers

> Lenny

>

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: c drive filling up fast

 

 

"lenny" <lenny@thetakeout.com> wrote in message

news:B_OdndxPbZ8JhBLVnZ2dnUVZ8qPinZ2d@pipex.net...

> Hi,

> We have 2 drives on our Terminal Services Server C and D. C drive has

> filled up and now there are only a few hundred MB left but the D drive is

> larger and nearly completly empty. How can I start using the D drive and

> also free up space on the C?

> Cheers

> Lenny

 

Easy: Put your user shares and your Exchange Data Store (if you run

Exchange) on drive D:.

[Guest chriske911]

Re: c drive filling up fast

 

on 29/07/2008, lenny supposed :

> Hi,

> We have 2 drives on our Terminal Services Server C and D. C drive has filled

> up and now there are only a few hundred MB left but the D drive is larger and

> nearly completly empty. How can I start using the D drive and also free up

> space on the C?

> Cheers

> Lenny

 

first find out what is causing the system drive to fill up

you can redirect most log files to an alternate location

you can move the swap file to another volume

you can safely delete roaming profiles all together

they should be loaded from the network on next login

 

you can use Treesize (free) or Size Explorer (not free) or Jdiskreport

(requires JRE) to find out what is happening

 

grtz

[Guest lenny]

Re: c drive filling up fast

 

Great Suggestions! I have already freed up over 2GB of stuff.

Your posts are really appreciated. Every time! Thanks.

 

"chriske911" <chriske911nosp@m.yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:mn.ebf37d879af119df.83099@m.yahoo.com...

> on 29/07/2008, lenny supposed :

>> Hi,

>> We have 2 drives on our Terminal Services Server C and D. C drive has

>> filled up and now there are only a few hundred MB left but the D drive is

>> larger and nearly completly empty. How can I start using the D drive and

>> also free up space on the C?

>> Cheers

>> Lenny

>

> first find out what is causing the system drive to fill up

> you can redirect most log files to an alternate location

> you can move the swap file to another volume

> you can safely delete roaming profiles all together

> they should be loaded from the network on next login

>

> you can use Treesize (free) or Size Explorer (not free) or Jdiskreport

> (requires JRE) to find out what is happening

>

> grtz

>

>

[Guest Greg Stigers]

Re: c drive filling up fast

 

I love spacemonger for seeing where space is being used.

 

Greg Stigers, MCSE

remember to vote for the answers you like

 

"chriske911" <chriske911nosp@m.yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:mn.ebf37d879af119df.83099@m.yahoo.com...

> you can use Treesize (free) or Size Explorer (not free) or Jdiskreport

> (requires JRE) to find out what is happening

[Guest NVwatch.com]

c drive filling up fast

 

Hello,

 

I also have this problem. I have Several Drives on my PC with over 2TB of

total space. But when I bought the PC they had the C drive as 13 GB, every

day I either delete, compress or try to move something off to another drive

and half the time it does not work.....

 

Any sugestions,,, I have attempted to remove the partition ( can't figure

out how ) Tried to move the entire C to my L drive with over 1 TB of space

it will not work....

 

The frustrating thing is I never save anything on it but it still fills up

and some programs like JAVA, or and microsoft program refuses to go on any

other drive. Can't even delete Outlook to free up space says it is being

used by another user --- I am the only user on the computer.....

 

Anyone who can help would be GREAT!!!

 

nv.watch@gmail.com

 

"Meinolf Weber" wrote:

> Hello Lenny,

>

> Did you ever run "Disk cleanup" on the server? If not start with that one.

> Then if you are sure that updates not needed to be uninstalled you can delete

> KBxxxxxx uninstall folders under c:\windows or you move all the uninstall

> folders to the other drive, so you can move them back if needed. Do not move/delete

> the $hfmig$ folder. Additional you can delete the content fomr the C:\windows\softwaredistribution

> folder, this is only needed during update of the server. To delete the content

> you have to stop the automatic update service, after deleting start it again

> and the folder structure will be rebuilded. Normally you can also move the

> pagefile to the other disk, but i am not sure if that is a good solution

> for a TS.

>

> Best regards

>

> Meinolf Weber

> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers

> no rights.

> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups

> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

>

> > Hi,

> > We have 2 drives on our Terminal Services Server C and D. C drive has

> > filled

> > up and now there are only a few hundred MB left but the D drive is

> > larger

> > and nearly completly empty. How can I start using the D drive and also

> > free

> > up space on the C?

> > Cheers

> > Lenny

>

>

>

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: c drive filling up fast

 

 

"NVwatch.com" <NVwatch.com@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:0D7A3B13-FE90-435C-98DF-C67E6DA173AD@microsoft.com...

> Hello,

>

> I also have this problem. I have Several Drives on my PC with over 2TB of

> total space. But when I bought the PC they had the C drive as 13 GB,

> every

> day I either delete, compress or try to move something off to another

> drive

> and half the time it does not work.....

>

> Any sugestions,,, I have attempted to remove the partition ( can't figure

> out how ) Tried to move the entire C to my L drive with over 1 TB of space

> it will not work....

>

> The frustrating thing is I never save anything on it but it still fills up

> and some programs like JAVA, or and microsoft program refuses to go on any

> other drive. Can't even delete Outlook to free up space says it is being

> used by another user --- I am the only user on the computer.....

>

> Anyone who can help would be GREAT!!!

>

> nv.watch@gmail.com

>

 

How does your problem relate to servers or to Terminal Services? A WinXP

newsgroup might be right for you (if this is what you're running).