Re: What to do when boot partition is full
- From: "Larry Struckmeyer" <lstruckmeyer(at)mis-wizards(dot)com>
- Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:13:55 -0500
First, get a sign off from them that you have advised them to do something
before the system stops working. What, exactly will stop is unknown, since
we can't tell what services are on the system partition, but among them
could be Windows Update and Exchange.
As for clearing it up: resize the partitions with the imaging product of
your choice, and/or:
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 your systemroot, 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.
--
Larry
"WingCommander" <WingCommander@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:D0BB664A-C3AC-4E1A-B677-2E1E5863ECDC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I have a customer that has a SBS 03 server that was installed long before I
got involved. Now that I am involved, I have informed them several times
that the disk space on c: is almost gone (currently at 150 mg) , but they
have yet to take action. You and I both know that they will not take
action
until they are out of disk space.
My question is: How do you recover from a c: partition is full symptom?
I
have never had to deal with a full boot and system partition problem
before,
and there seems to be limited information in the texts and online.
Any help would be appreciated.
Wing Commander
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