Guest LMI Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 I have a HD with 33GB of space. The breakdown is as follows currently i only have about 12GB free. I would like to free up some more space on the HD. I have gone through file and noticed that my MS SQL is 9.11GB Client Apps 1.39GB WinNT folder is 5.63GB What is the WinNT folder and how can i compress this folder to maybe 2GB? Also is there a utility to use that is free in which i would list all my top folder in GB this way i can save some time and not have to go throught each foloder to see how much space its taking up?
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted July 21, 2007 Posted July 21, 2007 Re: WinNT Folder ??? LMI <LMI@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: > I have a HD with 33GB of space. The breakdown is as follows currently > i only have about 12GB free. I would like to free up some more space > on the HD. I have gone through file and noticed that my MS SQL is > 9.11GB Client Apps > 1.39GB WinNT folder is > 5.63GB > What is the WinNT folder and how can i compress this folder to maybe > 2GB? Also is there a utility to use that is free in which i would > list all my top folder in GB this way i can save some time and not > have to go throught each foloder to see how much space its taking up? I imagine your WINNT folder is your Windows installation folder....that's the default name in WinNT / 2k (and if you've upgraded to 2003, the name remains the same). I would not recommend compressing it, due to the performance hit. Since you really shouldn't have your OS and data on the same volume, I would get additional disks for this server & move your SQL data (and other data folders) to it. You might check out TreeSize Pro from JAM software (my fave utility to see what's taking up space, although there are others galore).
Guest Atlan Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Re: WinNT Folder ??? Well, it might be better to swap the hard drive: a) life time of HD is limited b) it is easy with the right tool Just by acronis for your workstation (not for your server since it is to expensive). Then buy an additional but bigger drive and connect the old and the new drive to your workstation. Now you can copy the partitions with acronis and while doing so you can decide how big the partitions on the new drive should be. I have done that several times and acronis is a very realiable tool for this migration. Best regards, Holger
Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] Posted July 23, 2007 Posted July 23, 2007 Re: WinNT Folder ??? Atlan <atlan@tournedos.de> wrote: > Well, it might be better to swap the hard drive: > > a) life time of HD is limited > > b) it is easy with the right tool > > Just by acronis for your workstation (not for your server since it is > to expensive). Then buy an additional but bigger drive and connect the > old and the new drive to your workstation. Now you can copy the > partitions with acronis and while doing so you can decide how big the > partitions on the new drive should be. I have done that several times > and acronis is a very realiable tool for this migration. > > Best regards, > Holger I love Acronis stuff too, but I'm not sure an replacement HD is needed here. It's better not to store your database / data files on the same volume (and/or HD) as your OS anyway. And as far as I'm concerned, a single HD does not a server make. It really ought to be hardware RAID!
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