Allocating free space to the C drive on windows 2000

[Jackel2000]

My company hired another company to install a file server for us. it is running windows 2000. When he set it up he partition off 2/3 of the C drive to make a D drive. The problem that I am having is that we are running out of memory on the C, which locks everything up. I have moved everything off of the D Drive and have deleted the partition, and reallocated that space as free space, but it does not show up on C drive.

How do I allocate this free space to the C drive?

 

[rjs]

Your best bet is something like PartitionMagic (Symantec) or DiskDirector (Acronis).

R.Sobelman

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[Jackel2000]

Partition Magic does not work on a server, will Disk Director?

 

[mobyduck]

I think basically you're stuffed on this one - it's far too risky to attempt this sort of thing on a production server especially if it's a domain controller.

You don't say if you have other servers available on our network. If you have and this server is not a domain controller then you're far better off backing up the entire server, system state and all, then rebuilding the beast with a single partition and recovering from there.

It will probably be quicker and more stable in the long run.

Regards

MD

 

[rjs]

I've used Acronis many times on a server.

R.Sobelman

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[Jackel2000]

We do not have another one and this is the DC. What else can I do, Right now I am having to clear out everyone internet temp files every couple of days. We have 50 thins clients that run on this server. Once I clear out all temp folders I only have 200mb of free space and 20 GB just sitting there unallocated. I can not even load any thing, because it looks at the free space on the C drive. We are a small company, but the current setup we have 2 36GB drive on a raid 1, then I have 2 more 72GB drive also on a raid 1. out of the 36 GB 20 of it is not being use.

I am trying to get some bigger drive purchased, but I need to figure this out first.

 

[Jackel2000]

rjs,

I looked up the Disk Director and it does not say anything about supporting a Server. Are sure it will work on a server. I will gladly buy it, but I already wasted money on Partition magic and it does not load on a server.

 

[Jackel2000]

RJS,

Sorry, i do see that they have a server version. thanks

 

[rjs]

No problem. And I have PERSONALLY used it several times on servers. Since it is a DC and sounds like a central point of "potential" failure for your entire system, make sure you have a good backup. But the Acronis works extremely well.

R.Sobelman

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[Jackel2000]

rjs,

what version do you have?

 

[rjs]

Its been about a year since I used it. Don't have it with me, it is at a client.

R.Sobelman

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[Jackel2000]

Thanks, for the help. I see that the new version is like $500, but if it is that or me spending cleaning out temp folder every couple of days it is worth it.

thanks again.

 

[lb63640]

Jackel, on the flip side, I'd make the consulting firm who did the job be responsible for the partition changes!

We use Acronis and it's a gem!

 

[kmcferrin]

Wow. If I'm hearing you correctly, it sounds like you have a single server that is acting as the DC, file server, and terminal server for 50 thin client workstations. If that's the case, I would definitely NOT do business with the company that set it up for you again.

One other thing that you can do to free up space is to look for uninstall files from Windows update. They will be in the C:\Windows directory, be hidden and compressed, and the file/directory names will start and end with a $. Those can all be safely deleted.

But I highly recommend getting a good backup of the server, and probably adding another server as soon as the opportunity presents itself.

 

[LWComputingMVP]

No, that config is far from ideal, but you don't know what this person's company gave the consultant to work with.

As for the problem, I would suggest using group policy and setting the temporary internet files to 1 MB each user. You an also configure folder redirection and that SHOULD alleviate some of the problems - for each user, setup "personal" drives on the D: Drive (recreate it) and redirect the My Documents, Application Data, and Desktop folders. Doing these two things should significantly recover disk space - if your users are like most users and you haven't already had this configured.

 

[lb63640]

Oops! I left out a phrase in my original post:

I MEANT to say: Jackel, on the flip side, I'd make the consulting firm who did the job be responsible for the cost of software for partition changes!

We use Acronis and it's a gem!