Re: Shadow copy filling hard drive, unable to turn off.

Just tried safe mode... problem is, shadow copy doesn't load when in safe
mode, so there is no way to change it. Including using the vssadmin command.
Can I delete the files from the system volume information directory without
screwing up windows?

"BD" wrote:

> No, I haven't. I was concerned about using safe mode with a raid array,
> never done that before.
>
> "Giuseppe Nacci" wrote:
>
> > BD wrote:
> > > I am running Server 2003, with a raid array. I have about 160 GB on
> > > my e: drive and it has filled up with 132 GB's of shadow copy files.
> > > I was first alerted that something was wrong when I attempted to
> > > remote desktop into the server and check on some apps. Remote
> > > desktop didn't work. I verified that my remote desktop setup was
> > > unchanged on both ends but couldn't find out what was happening. At
> > > this point I checked the logs and found some issues related to disk
> > > space.
> > > Upon checking my e: drive, I found 132 GB's of used, yet unaccounted
> > > for space, with only about 4 GB free. I finally found the files and
> > > they were in the "system volume information" folder on the drive.
> > > After further research on this folder I found that it holds the
> > > backup information.
> > > Every attempt to click on the tab for shadow copy on the properties
> > > window of the e: drive freezes that window. Any attempt to go into
> > > disk management is unsuccessful as well.
> > > As you can see, the lack of available disk space is severely
> > > hindering my ability to solve the problem of lack of available disk
> > > space.
> > > I have read through many posts both here and on other tech sites and
> > > found some information on using the "vssadmin" command. Is this my
> > > best bet, if so, can someone give me more specific switches/arguments
> > > to use with this to either turn off the shadow copy or recover a
> > > majority of the space?
> > > Also, are there other things I should be looking at that might also be
> > > causing these problems?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > > BD
> >
> > Did you try to work in safe mode?
> > --
> > ---
> > Giuseppe Nacci
> > Microsoft Certified System Engineer
> > Microsoft Certified Trainer
> > Security Manager
> >
> >
> >
> >
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