Re: DC space

From: Hank Arnold (rasilon_at_aol.com)
Date: 08/30/04


Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 05:46:00 -0400

Quickest thing would be to do the following:

1) Create a Restore point.

2) Remove any unnecessary files from the drive. Delete any files in the
"temp" directory.

3) Uninstall any programs you don't need (or can install on another server).

4) Reboot the machine and make sure everything is working properly. Files
are still in the Recycle Bin and you can recover if necessary

5) Use the "Disk Cleanup" utility (Programs\Accessories\System Tools) and
dump *everything* it shows. DON'T CHECK THE "Compress Files" OPTION!!

If that doesn't free up space, then install a second hard drive and move the
swap file/virtual memory to that drive.

Once you have this done, you need to really need to look at how to
re-configure your setup to avoid this. It's a **VERY BAD*** thing to have a
DC run out of room........................

-- 
Regards,
Hank Arnold
"Jitender" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message 
news:239d01c48dec$41bc1520$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> We have a domain controller with only C: drive on it and
> now we are facing problem that its running with very less
> free space near about 200 MB is there any way to create
> some space or to defrag the server as the data we cant
> delete cos its very important. Please treat it on urgent
> basis. Help will be highly appricable.
> Thankx in advance. 


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