I replaced a venerable company Windows NT 4.0 server with a brand new Windows Small Business Server 2003 Premium server three weeks ago. The new Dell 2650 server has goodies we are drooling over – 273GB of RAID 5 SCSI (5 drives), dual processors and 2GB of main memory, let alone the latest server software from Microsoft.
When I loaded the SBS 2003 Premium on the new drivespace, one of the first questions was how big to make the partitions? Well, I thought I would be generous so I created an 8GB C: drive for the base OS, a 60GB D: drive for all the Programs and a 205GB E: drive for my client’s Data. The 8GB C: drive is twice the size of the old Windows NT C: drive so I thought I was being generous!
Microsoft’s Installation CD made no recommendations as I was loading and setting up the new server.
Darn if my users didn’t even have two weeks on this puppy before the C: drive was completely stuffed! The stuffing appears to be loaded with log files and uninstall folders from all those updates I faithfully downloaded. I deleted the obvious junk like .tmp and .bak files and reset the two Shadow drives (C: & D:) to save on the E: drive. Programs are installed on the D: drive.
So here is my question:
What else can I safely clean up off the C: drive — OR — is there a partition manager that will allow me enlarge the C: drive without loosing all the programs and data on drives D: and E: (both of which still have plenty of room)?
I have twenty-five users eagerly using the new server and grabbing down-time is nearly impossible at this point!