Free up space on C

[Guest]

I have a Windows 2000 Server machine that is running an Access database. It is a Raid 0 set up with 18G drives that are partitioned as C and D. The database is stored on the D partition. The C partition has O/S, PowerChute, Norton. There is no storing of My Documents and no Word, Excel, or any other program I can tell. The C partition shows 3.57G used out of 4G. In Add/Remove programs it shows 737.5M worth of items that can be removed. It is on SP2. AAny ideas what might be taking up space?

 

[Ray at]

Do you have offline files enabled on the machine? If so, the csc directory
in may have a couple of gigs in it. Disable offline files if you don't need
it. Or, do you have many unnecessary profiles on the machine?

I'm not sure why you're focussed on the Access database. If that were the
file taking up the extra gigs of space, I think it's time to purchase SQL
Server. :]

Ray at home

I have a Windows 2000 Server machine that is running an Access database.

It is a Raid 0 set up with 18G drives that are partitioned as C and D. The
database is stored on the D partition. The C partition has O/S, PowerChute,
Norton. There is no storing of My Documents and no Word, Excel, or any
other program I can tell. The C partition shows 3.57G used out of 4G. In
Add/Remove programs it shows 737.5M worth of items that can be removed. It
is on SP2. AAny ideas what might be taking up space?

 

[Bill James]

Nothing special to offer, just basic file system maintenance tips. Look in the various temp folders and clean them. C:\Documents and Settings\[username]\Local Settings. Do that for each user if applicable. Also look for a temp folder in the windows directory and in the C:\ folder structure. Check the settings for Temporary Internet Files, delete files and reduce the allocated size. Check the pagefile settings and move the main pagefile to another partition (leave a small one on C. You can also do a file search for *.*, including subfolders, then sort by size to see if any huge files are present. If you have installed a Service Pack and are satisfied that the system is sound, you can remove the uninstall files from the Windows directory. You can also move the ServicePackFiles folder and change the Registry to point to the new location. You can gain a little space by compressing folders which contain many small, infrequently used files, such as the INF and Help folders.

Really though, 4 GB is very small for C:, you should consider increasing it.

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[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

It's your disk, so YOU need to take the time to find out
what's eating up your disk space. In "My Computer",
right-click each folder in c:\ in turn, then look at its
properties. Make a note of how much space is taken.
Take the two or three biggest folders, then drill down
and look at the properties of the subfolders. Keep
doing this until you know what's going on.

I have a Windows 2000 Server machine that is running an Access database.

It is a Raid 0 set up with 18G drives that are partitioned as C and D. The
database is stored on the D partition. The C partition has O/S, PowerChute,
Norton. There is no storing of My Documents and no Word, Excel, or any
other program I can tell. The C partition shows 3.57G used out of 4G. In
Add/Remove programs it shows 737.5M worth of items that can be removed. It
is on SP2. AAny ideas what might be taking up space?