WinNT Folder ???

[LMI]

I have a HD with 33GB of space. The breakdown is as follows currently i only
have about 12GB free. I would like to free up some more space on the HD. I
have gone through file and noticed that my MS SQL is 9.11GB
Client Apps 1.39GB
WinNT folder is 5.63GB
What is the WinNT folder and how can i compress this folder to maybe 2GB?
Also is there a utility to use that is free in which i would list all my top
folder in GB this way i can save some time and not have to go throught each
foloder to see how much space its taking up?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

LMI <LMI@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> I have a HD with 33GB of space. The breakdown is as follows currently
> i only have about 12GB free. I would like to free up some more space
> on the HD. I have gone through file and noticed that my MS SQL is
> 9.11GB Client Apps
> 1.39GB WinNT folder is
> 5.63GB
> What is the WinNT folder and how can i compress this folder to maybe
> 2GB? Also is there a utility to use that is free in which i would
> list all my top folder in GB this way i can save some time and not
> have to go throught each foloder to see how much space its taking up?


I imagine your WINNT folder is your Windows installation folder....that's
the default name in WinNT / 2k (and if you've upgraded to 2003, the name
remains the same). I would not recommend compressing it, due to the
performance hit.

Since you really shouldn't have your OS and data on the same volume, I would
get additional disks for this server & move your SQL data (and other data
folders) to it.

You might check out TreeSize Pro from JAM software (my fave utility to see
what's taking up space, although there are others galore).

 

[Atlan]

Well, it might be better to swap the hard drive:

a) life time of HD is limited

b) it is easy with the right tool

Just by acronis for your workstation (not for your server since it is
to expensive). Then buy an additional but bigger drive and connect the
old and the new drive to your workstation. Now you can copy the
partitions with acronis and while doing so you can decide how big the
partitions on the new drive should be. I have done that several times
and acronis is a very realiable tool for this migration.

Best regards,
Holger

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Atlan <atlan@tournedos.de> wrote:
> Well, it might be better to swap the hard drive:
>
> a) life time of HD is limited
>
> b) it is easy with the right tool
>
> Just by acronis for your workstation (not for your server since it is
> to expensive). Then buy an additional but bigger drive and connect the
> old and the new drive to your workstation. Now you can copy the
> partitions with acronis and while doing so you can decide how big the
> partitions on the new drive should be. I have done that several times
> and acronis is a very realiable tool for this migration.
>
> Best regards,
> Holger

I love Acronis stuff too, but I'm not sure an replacement HD is needed
here. It's better not to store your database / data files on the same volume
(and/or HD) as your OS anyway. And as far as I'm concerned, a single HD does
not a server make. It really ought to be hardware RAID!