Re: Quota and who is using my drive?

Hi Dave,

Thanks for posting here.

I am afraid of that we can not set a specific folder's quota. The disk
quota feature is designed to limit disk usage of users.

Can I assume your mean is that how to set disk quota for user account? You
can refer to the following steps to do:

1. Click My Computer icon and choose one disk label that you want to
configure disk quota.
2. Right click it to open Properties page, under Quota tab, check box of
"Enable quota management". And configure quota settings as you need.
3. If you just want to configure specific user account's disk quota, you
can click Quota Entries button. In menu bar, click Quota menu to choose new
Quota Entry item to add specific user account. and set quota you want to.

For more information to Disk Quotas, I suggest you take a look at the
following article:

How Disk Quotas Work
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/5becbcd6-8da3-4c3b-bc
0e-258acd3ec1811033.mspx

What Are Disk Quotas?
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/a110f66c-def3-4ae0-8e
68-5b2a02efcaf21033.mspx

Disk Quotas How To...
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/Library/ac77bbbe-72f5-4d4e-b6
51-33680bdb9f791033.mspx

Managing Disk Quotas in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/win2003/quotas.mspx

Hope above information helps! I am happy to be assistance of you!

Have a nice day!

Sincerely,

Jenny Wu
Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
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>you wrote
>" Disk Quota doesn't
>affect where files and folders are placed. It is recommended that
>Administrator creates one folder for every user and configures appropriate
>permissions to the folder. that is useful for management and control disk
>usage."
>
>how do I set the storage qouta for a particular folder?
>
>Dave Capocchi
>
>""Jenny wu [MSFT]"" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Thanks for your update!
>>
>> Disk quotas are an integral part of the NTFS file system. Any time a
file
>> (or folder) is created on an NTFS volume, that file or folder is
assigned
>> an owner (typically the user who created the file or folder in the first
>> place). We can find who is the file or folder by showing its owner. You
can
>> do like follows:
>>
>> Open one hard disk and right-click volume setting bar and choose owner
and
>> click ok to show file owner. We can view files by sorting order of
owner.
>> For your convenience, I get a screen shot for you.
>>
>> Disk Quotas function principle:
>>
>> Before the file is actually saved, NTFS obtains the user ID of the file
>> owner and stores that information in the file's Standard Information
>> attribute (which is used when tallying the disk space allocation). NTFS
>> then locates the disk quota entry for that user and determines whether
the
>> new allocation of disk space will cause the user to exceed the assigned
>> quota.
>> If it will, NTFS then takes the appropriate steps, which can include
>> logging an entry in the System event log or preventing the user from
>> creating the file or folder. As the file changes size, NTFS updates the
>> disk quota entry to reflect the total disk space used by the user. All
this
>> happens behind the scenes, and so quickly that you aren't even aware of
it.
>> Each drive has separate quota settings, and the actions you take on one
>> volume do not affect the other volumes. For example, a computer might
have
>> a single hard disk divided into three volumes: drives C, D, and E. Each
of
>> these drives will have separate quota settings. You can enable disk
quotas
>> on drives C and D, yet disable them on drive E. Likewise, you can grant
>> users 50 megabytes of disk space on drive C, and 100 megabytes of disk
>> space on drive D.
>>
>> When you look into one hard disk Quota Entities, you can find all users
who
>> use the hard disk and used disk volume. Where all files and folders user
>> created were placed is decided by your storage strategy. Disk Quota
doesn't
>> affect where files and folders are placed. It is recommended that
>> Administrator creates one folder for every user and configures
appropriate
>> permissions to the folder. that is useful for management and control
disk
>> usage.
>>
>> When you delete one Quota Entity, the files and folders created by the
user
>> will not be deleted. We have to delete unused files manually, we can
sort
>> files by owner and delete it manually or use some utility. For your
>> reference, you can visit the following link to get one utility
information:
>>
>> Delete/Copy by Owner utility for Windows NT/2000/XP
>> http://www.beyondlogic.org/solutions/delbyowner/delbyowner.htm
>> <http://www.beyondlogic.org/solutions/delbyowner/delbyowner.htm>
>>
>> Note: this post includes one third party link for your convenience,
>> Microsoft do not warrant for it!
>>
>> For more detail information:
>>
>> Managing Disk Quotas in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP
>> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/win2003/quotas.mspx
>>
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/topics/win2003/quotas.mspx>
>>
>> Hope above information helps! Please feel free to post back when you
need
>> further assistance on this issue. I am looking forward to your reply!
>>
>> Have a nice weekend!
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Jenny Wu
>>
>> Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
>>
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>> >Hi,
>> >
>> >Thanks for your update. I am glad to know that things are getting fine
now.
>> >
>> >Please feel free to post back when you need further assistance on this
>> >issue and we are glad to help.
>> >
>> >Have a nice weekend!
>> >
>> >Best Regards,
>> >
>> >Jenny Wu
>> >Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support
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