c drive filling up fast

[lenny]

Hi,
We have 2 drives on our Terminal Services Server C and D. C drive has filled
up and now there are only a few hundred MB left but the D drive is larger
and nearly completly empty. How can I start using the D drive and also free
up space on the C?
Cheers
Lenny

 

[Meinolf Weber]

Re: c drive filling up fast

Hello Lenny,

Did you ever run "Disk cleanup" on the server? If not start with that one.
Then if you are sure that updates not needed to be uninstalled you can delete
KBxxxxxx uninstall folders under c:\windows or you move all the uninstall
folders to the other drive, so you can move them back if needed. Do not move/delete
the $hfmig$ folder. Additional you can delete the content fomr the C:\windows\softwaredistribution
folder, this is only needed during update of the server. To delete the content
you have to stop the automatic update service, after deleting start it again
and the folder structure will be rebuilded. Normally you can also move the
pagefile to the other disk, but i am not sure if that is a good solution
for a TS.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hi,
> We have 2 drives on our Terminal Services Server C and D. C drive has
> filled
> up and now there are only a few hundred MB left but the D drive is
> larger
> and nearly completly empty. How can I start using the D drive and also
> free
> up space on the C?
> Cheers
> Lenny

 

[lenny]

Re: c drive filling up fast

We also have the main Small Business Server with a large HD where all the
users shared data is stored.

"lenny" <lenny@thetakeout.com> wrote in message
news:B_OdndxPbZ8JhBLVnZ2dnUVZ8qPinZ2d@pipex.net...
> Hi,
> We have 2 drives on our Terminal Services Server C and D. C drive has
> filled up and now there are only a few hundred MB left but the D drive is
> larger and nearly completly empty. How can I start using the D drive and
> also free up space on the C?
> Cheers
> Lenny
>

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: c drive filling up fast


"lenny" <lenny@thetakeout.com> wrote in message
news:B_OdndxPbZ8JhBLVnZ2dnUVZ8qPinZ2d@pipex.net...
> Hi,
> We have 2 drives on our Terminal Services Server C and D. C drive has
> filled up and now there are only a few hundred MB left but the D drive is
> larger and nearly completly empty. How can I start using the D drive and
> also free up space on the C?
> Cheers
> Lenny

Easy: Put your user shares and your Exchange Data Store (if you run
Exchange) on drive D:.

 

[chriske911]

Re: c drive filling up fast

on 29/07/2008, lenny supposed :
> Hi,
> We have 2 drives on our Terminal Services Server C and D. C drive has filled
> up and now there are only a few hundred MB left but the D drive is larger and
> nearly completly empty. How can I start using the D drive and also free up
> space on the C?
> Cheers
> Lenny

first find out what is causing the system drive to fill up
you can redirect most log files to an alternate location
you can move the swap file to another volume
you can safely delete roaming profiles all together
they should be loaded from the network on next login

you can use Treesize (free) or Size Explorer (not free) or Jdiskreport
(requires JRE) to find out what is happening

grtz

 

[lenny]

Re: c drive filling up fast

Great Suggestions! I have already freed up over 2GB of stuff.
Your posts are really appreciated. Every time! Thanks.

"chriske911" <chriske911nosp@m.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:mn.ebf37d879af119df.83099@m.yahoo.com...
> on 29/07/2008, lenny supposed :
>> Hi,
>> We have 2 drives on our Terminal Services Server C and D. C drive has
>> filled up and now there are only a few hundred MB left but the D drive is
>> larger and nearly completly empty. How can I start using the D drive and
>> also free up space on the C?
>> Cheers
>> Lenny
>
> first find out what is causing the system drive to fill up
> you can redirect most log files to an alternate location
> you can move the swap file to another volume
> you can safely delete roaming profiles all together
> they should be loaded from the network on next login
>
> you can use Treesize (free) or Size Explorer (not free) or Jdiskreport
> (requires JRE) to find out what is happening
>
> grtz
>
>

 

[Greg Stigers]

Re: c drive filling up fast

I love spacemonger for seeing where space is being used.

Greg Stigers, MCSE
remember to vote for the answers you like

"chriske911" <chriske911nosp@m.yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:mn.ebf37d879af119df.83099@m.yahoo.com...
> you can use Treesize (free) or Size Explorer (not free) or Jdiskreport
> (requires JRE) to find out what is happening

 

[NVwatch.com]

c drive filling up fast

Hello,

I also have this problem. I have Several Drives on my PC with over 2TB of
total space. But when I bought the PC they had the C drive as 13 GB, every
day I either delete, compress or try to move something off to another drive
and half the time it does not work.....

Any sugestions,,, I have attempted to remove the partition ( can't figure
out how ) Tried to move the entire C to my L drive with over 1 TB of space
it will not work....

The frustrating thing is I never save anything on it but it still fills up
and some programs like JAVA, or and microsoft program refuses to go on any
other drive. Can't even delete Outlook to free up space says it is being
used by another user --- I am the only user on the computer.....

Anyone who can help would be GREAT!!!

nv.watch@gmail.com

"Meinolf Weber" wrote:

> Hello Lenny,
>
> Did you ever run "Disk cleanup" on the server? If not start with that one.
> Then if you are sure that updates not needed to be uninstalled you can delete
> KBxxxxxx uninstall folders under c:\windows or you move all the uninstall
> folders to the other drive, so you can move them back if needed. Do not move/delete
> the $hfmig$ folder. Additional you can delete the content fomr the C:\windows\softwaredistribution
> folder, this is only needed during update of the server. To delete the content
> you have to stop the automatic update service, after deleting start it again
> and the folder structure will be rebuilded. Normally you can also move the
> pagefile to the other disk, but i am not sure if that is a good solution
> for a TS.
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
> no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
> > Hi,
> > We have 2 drives on our Terminal Services Server C and D. C drive has
> > filled
> > up and now there are only a few hundred MB left but the D drive is
> > larger
> > and nearly completly empty. How can I start using the D drive and also
> > free
> > up space on the C?
> > Cheers
> > Lenny
>
>
>

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: c drive filling up fast


"NVwatch.com" <NVwatch.com@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0D7A3B13-FE90-435C-98DF-C67E6DA173AD@microsoft.com...
> Hello,
>
> I also have this problem. I have Several Drives on my PC with over 2TB of
> total space. But when I bought the PC they had the C drive as 13 GB,
> every
> day I either delete, compress or try to move something off to another
> drive
> and half the time it does not work.....
>
> Any sugestions,,, I have attempted to remove the partition ( can't figure
> out how ) Tried to move the entire C to my L drive with over 1 TB of space
> it will not work....
>
> The frustrating thing is I never save anything on it but it still fills up
> and some programs like JAVA, or and microsoft program refuses to go on any
> other drive. Can't even delete Outlook to free up space says it is being
> used by another user --- I am the only user on the computer.....
>
> Anyone who can help would be GREAT!!!
>
> nv.watch@gmail.com
>

How does your problem relate to servers or to Terminal Services? A WinXP
newsgroup might be right for you (if this is what you're running).