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

[Guest 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?

[Guest Mathieu CHATEAU]

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

 

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?

>

[Guest Bill Fuller]

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

 

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?

>>

>

[Guest Chris Hills]

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

 

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!)