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Non-C2k Issues => Legacy Networks => Topic started by: Philip on May 02, 2007, 12:22:05 PM

Title: Space problems
Post by: Philip on May 02, 2007, 12:22:05 PM

Our legacy system is running windows 2000 server.  The hard drive has only 5MB of space and I have striped it down to the bare bones and people are having trouble printing as the print spooler is on the hard drive. 

The hard drive has been partitioned into 4 voumes and I was wondering if it is possible to play about with the volume sizes to suit my needs.  It is a basic disk at the moment, will upgrading it to a dynamic disk help and allow me to change volume sizes?

Thanks

Title: Re: Space problems
Post by: Telone on May 03, 2007, 11:51:32 AM

I know you don't want to hear this but the easiest way is to add more disk space either another IDE drive or buy a sata card and a sata drive. No matter what way you mess around with 5Mb it is tiny and you are not likely to see much improvement unless you have a lot more space.

Title: Re: Space problems
Post by: Si on May 04, 2007, 09:32:05 AM

I think though there is more space, its just in different partitions?  I know there was a software app called Partition magic I used to have a long time ago which allowed you to mess around with partitions on the fly - I have no links though, sry :(

Title: Re: Space problems
Post by: AlvynMcq on May 04, 2007, 10:04:37 AM

http://www.phptr.com/articles/article.asp?p=21481&seqNum=3&rl=1

Goes through the difference between Basic disks and Dynamic disks. Hope it is of some use.

Title: Re: Space problems
Post by: Philip on May 04, 2007, 10:28:36 AM

Thanks I will have a look at it.  I have managed to free some more space I'm up to 300MB and moved the print spooler to a different drive and that seems to have sorted the printing problem.  Yr 12-14 are leaving in another week and the network will not be used that much so hopefully I can let it run until the summer and then try allocating more space or get an extra drive.

Title: Re: Space problems
Post by: russdev on May 31, 2007, 06:43:17 AM

Hi

Also may have done this already but You could also try moving the page file.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314105.

Regards

Russell

Title: Re: Space problems
Post by: Byterunner on May 31, 2007, 01:34:42 PM

Yes check that your paging file is set to another drive if you are running out of space on c:\.

However if your other drives have a lot of users/activity on them then get a bigger drive and clone your system onto the newer bigger hard drive with newer bigger partitions

If your drives are scsi then you can add up to 7 or eight - if you can get the right cable!

Your system is at crash point with only 5Mb on C:\

-'runner