limited disc space on C drive

[Guest Avir]

hi!

I am a newbee. We have a terminal server with 20GB in C drive 100GBin D

driver.

the problem is that because of too many files our C: drives always get Full.

 

Is there some way i can map the documents & settings folder to D drive?

 

Any help would be highly appreciated.

 

Regards

Avir

[Guest Jeff Pitsch]

Re: limited disc space on C drive

 

It's not supported but here you go:

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=236621

 

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Avir wrote:

> hi!

> I am a newbee. We have a terminal server with 20GB in C drive 100GBin D

> driver.

> the problem is that because of too many files our C: drives always get Full.

>

> Is there some way i can map the documents & settings folder to D drive?

>

> Any help would be highly appreciated.

>

> Regards

> Avir

>

[Guest Avir]

Re: limited disc space on C drive

 

Dear Jeff

 

many thanks for your reply.

Is there any safer way to solve this problem?

 

Regards

Avir

 

"Jeff Pitsch" wrote:

> It's not supported but here you go:

> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=236621

>

> Jeff Pitsch

> Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

> Citrix Technology Professional

> Provision Networks VIP

>

> Forums not enough?

> Get support from the experts at your business

> http://jeffpitschconsulting.com

>

> Avir wrote:

> > hi!

> > I am a newbee. We have a terminal server with 20GB in C drive 100GBin D

> > driver.

> > the problem is that because of too many files our C: drives always get Full.

> >

> > Is there some way i can map the documents & settings folder to D drive?

> >

> > Any help would be highly appreciated.

> >

> > Regards

> > Avir

> >

>

[Guest paulc]

Re: limited disc space on C drive

 

If it's because of your user's storing a lot of data, you can always change

where they store the data. For example: back before there was even a

Documents and Settings folder, we set up folders called Data on each user's

pc. Later, when MS came out with Doc and Settings, instead of training

users to now store data there, we simple changed the properties of the My

Documents shortcut on their desktop to point to Data instead.

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

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> Dear Jeff

>

> many thanks for your reply.

> Is there any safer way to solve this problem?

>

> Regards

> Avir

>

> "Jeff Pitsch" wrote:

>

>> It's not supported but here you go:

>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=236621

>>

>> Jeff Pitsch

>> Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

>> Citrix Technology Professional

>> Provision Networks VIP

>>

>> Forums not enough?

>> Get support from the experts at your business

>> http://jeffpitschconsulting.com

>>

>> Avir wrote:

>> > hi!

>> > I am a newbee. We have a terminal server with 20GB in C drive 100GBin D

>> > driver.

>> > the problem is that because of too many files our C: drives always get

>> > Full.

>> >

>> > Is there some way i can map the documents & settings folder to D drive?

>> >

>> > Any help would be highly appreciated.

>> >

>> > Regards

>> > Avir

>> >

>>

[Guest Jeff Pitsch]

Re: limited disc space on C drive

 

You can use group policy or a reghack to redirect folders like My

documents and desktop to a network share. That typically eliminates the

largest part of the profile.

 

Jeff Pitsch

Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

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Get support from the experts at your business

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Avir wrote:

> Dear Jeff

>

> many thanks for your reply.

> Is there any safer way to solve this problem?

>

> Regards

> Avir

>

> "Jeff Pitsch" wrote:

>

>> It's not supported but here you go:

>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=236621

>>

>> Jeff Pitsch

>> Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

>> Citrix Technology Professional

>> Provision Networks VIP

>>

>> Forums not enough?

>> Get support from the experts at your business

>> http://jeffpitschconsulting.com

>>

>> Avir wrote:

>>> hi!

>>> I am a newbee. We have a terminal server with 20GB in C drive 100GBin D

>>> driver.

>>> the problem is that because of too many files our C: drives always get Full.

>>>

>>> Is there some way i can map the documents & settings folder to D drive?

>>>

>>> Any help would be highly appreciated.

>>>

>>> Regards

>>> Avir

>>>

[Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re: limited disc space on C drive

 

Avir <Avir@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> hi!

> I am a newbee. We have a terminal server with 20GB in C drive 100GBin

> D driver.

> the problem is that because of too many files our C: drives always

> get Full.

>

> Is there some way i can map the documents & settings folder to D

> drive?

>

> Any help would be highly appreciated.

>

> Regards

> Avir

 

Do you use Active Directory? If so, use group policy to configure folder

redirection (for My Documents, Application Data, and Desktop) elsewhere.

Ideally, to another file server on the network, as I don't like to use a TS

box as anything but a big fat shared workstation (and don't store data on

it).

 

If you don't use active directory, you can at least manually point each

user's My Documents folder at d:\data\username

[Guest Rob Nicholson]

Re: limited disc space on C drive

 

> Is there some way i can map the documents & settings folder to D drive?

 

Other alternatives:

 

o Are these two drives or two partitions - if two partitions then just

re-size the C: drive

o Delete redundant accounts - I can recommend Tree Size Pro as a great way

to look at last modified

o Delete users who haven't modified in last month - assuming you are using

roaming profiles

o Identify heavy users - once again using Tree Size Pro

o Upgrade the hard disk - they are cheap!

 

Cheers, Rob.

[Guest Hank Arnold (MVP)]

Re: limited disc space on C drive

 

Have you considered moving the swap file to the other drive?

 

--

 

Regards,

Hank Arnold

Microsoft MVP

Windows Server - Directory Services

 

Avir wrote:

> Dear Jeff

>

> many thanks for your reply.

> Is there any safer way to solve this problem?

>

> Regards

> Avir

>

> "Jeff Pitsch" wrote:

>

>> It's not supported but here you go:

>> http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=236621

>>

>> Jeff Pitsch

>> Microsoft MVP - Terminal Server

>> Citrix Technology Professional

>> Provision Networks VIP

>>

>> Forums not enough?

>> Get support from the experts at your business

>> http://jeffpitschconsulting.com

>>

>> Avir wrote:

>>> hi!

>>> I am a newbee. We have a terminal server with 20GB in C drive 100GBin D

>>> driver.

>>> the problem is that because of too many files our C: drives always get Full.

>>>

>>> Is there some way i can map the documents & settings folder to D drive?

>>>

>>> Any help would be highly appreciated.

>>>

>>> Regards

>>> Avir

>>>

[Guest Rob Nicholson]

Re: limited disc space on C drive

 

> Have you considered moving the swap file to the other drive?

 

A "good" idea anyway whether or not you're short of disk space.

[Guest Jeff Pitsch]

Re: limited disc space on C drive

 

That depends on your physical drive setup. If it's just logical

partitions it doesn't really do anything.

 

Rob Nicholson wrote:

>> Have you considered moving the swap file to the other drive?

>

> A "good" idea anyway whether or not you're short of disk space.

>

>

[Guest Rob Nicholson]

Re: limited disc space on C drive

 

> That depends on your physical drive setup. If it's just logical partitions

> it doesn't really do anything.

 

It wouldn't be "the other drive" then technically, pedantically speaking :-)