Re: C partition too small - suggestions welcome
- From: "C_O" <magsub@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 May 2007 10:19:54 -0700
Look at the following and see if you can move enough to warrant the
effort. If not, the MS way is to backup and restore to larger drives.
BTW, with the cost of EIDE/SATA drives and their much more limited life
that SCSI or SAS, this may not be a bad idea.
Thank you. These are very good suggestions. Just moving ClientApps should
get back over 1 GB. I'm saving this :)
C_O
Moving Data Folders for Windows Small Business Server 2003
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sbs/2003/maintain/movedata.mspx>
How to move Exchange databases and logs in Exchange Server 2003
<http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821915>
How to Move Small Business Server 2000 Company and Users Shared Folders
<http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;329640>
How to Move the Client Programs Folder to Another Location in Windows
Small Business Server 2003
<http://support.microsoft.com/?scid=kb;en-us;830254>
How to Move the Windows Default Paging File and Print Spooler to a
Different Hard Disk
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/314105
Also:
Look at where the ISA logs are kept
You can move the C:\windows\uninstall$ folders off, but you may want to
keep them in case you have to move them back.
Remove any folders or files under the c:\documents and settings\user
name\local settings\temp folders.
If Monitoring is enabled it can create a file that could be large. Run
through the wizard again to flush out the gooey stuff..
Delete logs older than "date of your choice" from the system32 folder.
Likewise the logs and reports from the ISA folder.
Search for and delete old dmp files.
You can move the page file to another partition. The only downside is that
if you get a "blue screen" you will not get a full memory dump, and since
only MS can read them anyway, I don't see that it matters much.
You may gain some usable space and increase system performance in Windows
Server 2003 by moving the printer spool files to a different drive than
the one that holds the operating system. Note that this should be a
different spindle, but a different partition will help the OS a bit also.
By default, Windows Server 2003 places the printer spool folder at
%systemroot%\System32\Spool\Printers. However, you can potentially
increase system performance by moving the printer spool files to a
different drive than the one that holds the operating system.
Computers frequently access system files, so moving the printer files to a
different location allows faster access to those files. The drive won't
have to try to service requests simultaneously.
To change the location for the printer spooler files, follow these steps:
1. Go to Start | Printers And Faxes.
2. From the File menu, select Server Properties.
3. On the Advanced tab, enter the location where you would like to spool
print jobs. If the location doesn't exist, this process will create it for
you. Make sure the new location has sufficient disk space to handle large
print jobs.
4. Stop and restart the printer spooler service, or reboot the server.
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Regards:
Anna Clark
Please reply or post the solution to
your issue so that others may benefit.
"C_O" <magsub@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This is a vanilla install of SBS 2003 Standard. With every patch and
service pack the C partition gets more clogged up, to where I have to
seriously consider increasing its size dramatically. I thought I was very
conservative when setting up this machine a couple of years ago, allowing
plenty of extra space. But obviously the bloat factor is way out of hand.
There is plenty of room in other partitions on the hard disk. Is there a
product that available to resize the C: partition (taking space out of D:
or E: for example) without having to rebuild the whole setup, and that
someone could recommend based on practical experience? Partition Magic
does not seem to work on Win2003 server, but I understand that Acronis
might work. Anything else? .
Alternatively, is there a way to redirect all those logs that are
clogging up the C: partition to another partition?
TIA
C_O
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