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I have a Server that it's C drive has been used up. Can I move Program File to another drive without causing any problem? This Server also serves as OWA, IIS and SQL Server. What other files can I move?

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by mike (from canada)

yes and you can move any files. when a drive is full, you cant add data to that specific drive. If the destination you are moving your files to has free space, then it is possible to move it to that destination.

by joseph moore

IMO, I would not move Program Files onto another drive. You would have to go into the Registry, under hkey_classes_root, and fix all file assiociations that point to the old path of c:\program files\. That could be a lot of associations! It isn't worth the trouble. Plus, there will be pathing in other Registry locations (HKLM, hkey_users, etc) where you will have to fix also.
Basically, unless you want to repair the entire Registry, it isn't worth the pain.

So, do some normal housecleaning. Some of these steps might seem trivial (and some brutal!) but they work.

1. Delete all .TMP files. Don't need 'em.
2. Delete all files in the c:\winnt\media folder.
3. Delete all .CUR and .ANI files except the normal cursors you use.
4. Uninstall any programs your server really doesn't need.
5. Go to c:\documents & settings and delete all profiles that are not needed on the Server. If you only log into the server with the Administrator account, then keep it (or keep both copies, the local Admin copy and the administrator.domain copy), plus keep the All Users copy and Default User copy, but if other people have logged in, delete them. You don't need 'em.

6. Move the pagefile from c: to the other drive. You will lose Dr Watson crash dump ability, but so what! You can live without it. Go to Performance Options -> Virtuam Memory to do this.
7. Move the Temporary Internet Explorer folder from c:\winnt\ onto the other drive. This is the IE cache folder. It can be on any drive. Open IE and go to tools -> Internet options ->temp internet files -> settings.

This can free you 300MB or more, depending on what is on your server to begin with.

Hope this helps.

by green lantern

NO. You cannot move Program Files after you have used it to install programs. They use this as a default. If you install those programs pointing to a drive letter other than C:, then Program Files will be created on that drive letter.
Moving Program Files will require editing all program installation data, including editing the Registry. Not something you realy want to do your servers.
I would check into moving the pagefile to another drive. Put a minimual (20 meg perhaps) on the C: drive and everything else on some other disk.
ralph

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