Increase free disk space on the system partition

When the system partition on your server gets full, and hardware upgrades aren’t an option, what are you going to do? Here are a few tips.

One of the biggest mistakes I see system administrators make when setting up a new server is not providing adequate disk space for the system partition. A lot of people just assume they can skate by with a 6-10 GB system partition. Unfortunately, once you throw in a year’s worth of windows updates, a couple of service packs, some temporary files, and some new system applications that space can fill up pretty quickly.

There are a few things you can do in these cases to free up some disk space. These include:

• Move the print spooler and page file to another partition
  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314105
• Run the disk cleanup wizard
  Start Menu > Programs > Accessories > System Tools > Disk Cleanup
• Run a free and powerful disk space manage tool to see where space is being taken up and resize the partition under windows or dos, such as EASEUS Partition Manager.

A combination of these things should allow you to free up a significant amount of space on your system partition.