Guest jcpub Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 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.
Guest Ehren Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 RE: Drive Space 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. > >
Guest Coraleigh Miller Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: Drive Space 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. >> >>
Guest jcpub Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: Drive Space 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/875495http://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" <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 -
Guest Coraleigh Miller Posted July 25, 2007 Posted July 25, 2007 Re: Drive Space 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/875495http://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" <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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