Low Disk Space on Server 2003 SP2

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Existing server at the company I am at was set up with a 12GB C partition and
is down to less than 4GB. I have tried cleaning up as much as possible, but I
am barely above 4.5GB now. Much of the disk space being used is in the
service pack and update un-installation folders located under the Windows
folder, all the names are preceded with a $. Are these safe to just highlight
and shift-delete, or is there a safe way of removing or archiving them. I
have plenty of disk space in other partitions.

On the same note, are there any reliable utilities out there for safely
re-sizing a running C partition on a 2003 server?

Thanks!
 
Re: Low Disk Space on Server 2003 SP2

Hello master_yoda,

You can use always diskcleanup to start. Also you can delete all the KBxxxxxx
uninstall folders, if you are sure that you don't need to uninstall the patch.
The only folder which should stay always is $hfmig$, all other you can delete
or move to a different location if you will keep them. Also you can stop
automatic update service and delete the c:\windows\softwaredistribution folder
and start the service again, the folder will be recreated. If you have another
harddisk in the computer you can also move the pagefile.

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> Existing server at the company I am at was set up with a 12GB C
> partition and is down to less than 4GB. I have tried cleaning up as
> much as possible, but I am barely above 4.5GB now. Much of the disk
> space being used is in the service pack and update un-installation
> folders located under the Windows folder, all the names are preceded
> with a $. Are these safe to just highlight and shift-delete, or is
> there a safe way of removing or archiving them. I have plenty of disk
> space in other partitions.
>
> On the same note, are there any reliable utilities out there for
> safely re-sizing a running C partition on a 2003 server?
>
> Thanks!
>
 
Re: Low Disk Space on Server 2003 SP2


"master_yoda" <master_yoda@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Existing server at the company I am at was set up with a 12GB C partition
> and
> is down to less than 4GB. I have tried cleaning up as much as possible,
> but I
> am barely above 4.5GB now. Much of the disk space being used is in the
> service pack and update un-installation folders located under the Windows
> folder, all the names are preceded with a $. Are these safe to just
> highlight
> and shift-delete, or is there a safe way of removing or archiving them. I
> have plenty of disk space in other partitions.
>
> On the same note, are there any reliable utilities out there for safely
> re-sizing a running C partition on a 2003 server?
>
> Thanks!

You could resize your partitions with Acronis DiskDirector (Server).
 
Re: Low Disk Space on Server 2003 SP2

master_yoda wrote:
> Existing server at the company I am at was set up with a 12GB C partition and
> is down to less than 4GB. I have tried cleaning up as much as possible, but I
> am barely above 4.5GB now. Much of the disk space being used is in the
> service pack and update un-installation folders located under the Windows
> folder, all the names are preceded with a $. Are these safe to just highlight
> and shift-delete, or is there a safe way of removing or archiving them. I
> have plenty of disk space in other partitions.
>
> On the same note, are there any reliable utilities out there for safely
> re-sizing a running C partition on a 2003 server?
>
> Thanks!

You can just move the Service Pack files off, but if you do ever need to
do a SP uninstall (unlikely) then you would copy them back or alter
the registry entry that points to the source.

4.5Gb is fie though - 1Gb or less then I'd say make efforts to clear but
a steady 4Gb is fine.
 
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