Hard drive is running out of space

[Jim Peterson]

I have client that is running Windows XP Pro SP2. The Operating system is on
a 20 GB Partition. The client is running out of hard drive space. I have
freed up 3 GB of space and within one day the hard drive is full. The client
isnt downloading any files. The client is using Outlook 2007. I have turned
of the offline cache. The size of the clients email box is 1.5 GB.

Is there any way I can audit where the hard drive is being filled up. I need
to get the computer back to the client as quickly as possible.

Thanks

Jim Peterson

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I have client that is running Windows XP Pro SP2. The Operating system is
on
a 20 GB Partition. The client is running out of hard drive space. I have
freed up 3 GB of space and within one day the hard drive is full. The
client
isnt downloading any files. The client is using Outlook 2007. I have
turned
of the offline cache. The size of the clients email box is 1.5 GB.

Is there any way I can audit where the hard drive is being filled up. I
need
to get the computer back to the client as quickly as possible.

Thanks

Jim Peterson

Here are a couple of tools:
DriveUse:
http://members.ozemail.com.au/~nulifetv/freezip/freeware/index.html
Bullet Proof Folder sizes: http://www.foldersizes.com/

How about moving the Outlook mail box file to a different partition?

 

[R. McCarty]

Restore Point(s)? - You're fighting an unwinnable battle. Disk Drives are
very inexpensive. Spending time trying to recover space on a volume of
20.0 Gigabytes is more costly than a drive upgrade. There are lots of
customizations to make XP have a smaller disk footprint but won't solve
your client's issues. Does the 20-Gigabyte partition comprise the whole
drive :? - if not then why not reallocate space from an adjacent partition.

 

[Jim Peterson]

Can you send me a KB article that will tell me how to move an existing .ost
file?

Thanks

Jim

 

[PD43]

Can you send me a KB article that will tell me how to move an existing .ost
file?

Won't save you enough space to make a significant difference.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Best to ask the experts in an Outlook newsgroup.

Can you send me a KB article that will tell me how to move an existing
.ost
file?

Thanks

Jim

 

[John]

I agree a HD upgrade is highly recommended but I'm more curious about the
actual problem. That is: what's taking up 3GB in a day? If it keeps going at
that rate, a new 100GB HD will run out of space in a month or so.

 

[Unknown]

That is erroneous thinking. It will not take up 3 gig each and every day.

 

[John]

OP says so:
"I have freed up 3 GB of space and within one day the hard drive is full."

 

[db ´¯`·.. >]

you might want to ensure
the swap file is not oversized
and the internet temp folders
are no more than 200 megs.

you might want to scan
the disk for trash files and
delete them.

you might want to reduce
the space allocated for system
restore points. disabling
it will delete all restore points
and free up space. re enabling
will allow you to create
a new point.

unfortunately, 20 gigs of
diskspace is inadequate
and should simply add
another 20 gig drive or

network the pc with another
to store files on another pc
or

log in to microsoft live spaces,
where 5 gigs of data is free
to use and perhaps transfer
some of the personal files off
the local disk.

 

[Holz]

I have client that is running Windows XP Pro SP2. The Operating
system is on a 20 GB Partition. The client is running out of hard
drive space. I have freed up 3 GB of space and within one day the
hard drive is full. The client isnt downloading any files. The client
is using Outlook 2007. I have turned of the offline cache. The size
of the clients email box is 1.5 GB.

Is there any way I can audit where the hard drive is being filled up.
I need to get the computer back to the client as quickly as possible.

Thanks

Jim Peterson

You can start by going to the command prompt and type
del %temp% /q /f /s
to delete all temp files.
How much space are installed windows fixes taking? you can remove them
or move them to and external drive if you intend to uninstall them any
time.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

You can start by going to the command prompt and type
del %temp% /q /f /s
to delete all temp files.
How much space are installed windows fixes taking? you can remove them
or move them to and external drive if you intend to uninstall them any
time.

With this syntax the command is unlikely to work but could
have unintended consequences. The recommended syntax
would be

del "%temp%" /q /f /s

 

[Holz]

With this syntax the command is unlikely to work but could
have unintended consequences. The recommended syntax
would be

del "%temp%" /q /f /s

Same exact command. Been using it for years.

 

[Unknown]

That's one day. What is amount after running 5 days? Think!.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Same exact command. Been using it for years.

I beg to disagree. Your command

del %temp% /q /f /s is not the same as
del "%temp%" /q /f /s

It worked in your case because you had your %temp% variable
set to a folder whose name does NOT have embedded spaces.
However, the default location for %temp% DOES have embedded
spaces, e.g. like so:

temp=c:\documents and settings\Holz\Local Settings\Temp

Hence the command that you executed for years would attempt
to delete the following when invoked on a default installation:
c:\documents
and
settings\holz\local
settings\temp

Not quite what you would expect!

 

[Holz]

It worked in your case because you had your %temp% variable
set to a folder whose name does NOT have embedded spaces.

True, I accept .