you can.

i have done that before using acronis and it works beautifully ..

I have acronis, but did it backup and restore AD and exchange settings so that I would not have reinstall or reconfigure anything?

if you ghost/duplicate the whole logical drive to TIB file via the bootable CD from acronis,
No, you won't need to reinstall or reconfigure anything. (provided in the same hardware)

if your data is on a differrent volume, and so is exchange (including logs) then there should be no reason for the drive to fill up so much.

id suggest you use spacemonger to check the drive layout sand look for other things using up space
it is a very clear graphical representation of the size of directories on the volume
http://www.sixty-five.cc/sm/

possible culprits:
smtp logs
http logs
volume shadow copy storage space allocation on c drive
software distrubution directory (can be deleted, its where windows update temp files are)
service pack uninstall files

scriptaholic - please read the link I posted in my first comment.

if i am reading correctly, the whole SBS is install on 1 drive which has 25 GB.. which is the problem, it do not say the C drive has 25 GB ... thats my understand about the whole issue he need a bigger drive ..

Of course, I might be wrong, but thats what i have read from the question..

They never made a 25 GB drive.  They had 20 GB and 30 GB... but not 25.  And if it is somehow a single drive/partition system, then I would simply add disk and move the data off the C: drive.  DATA DOES NOT BELONG ON C:!

its a RAID 5, and the data is on a different partition. Only the system is on the c drive. There were other stuff thee as well, but iI moved them. I already emptied windows\temp folder. I will see what else I can move before resorting to a new drive. Thanbks a lot for the responses guys. In my original post I meant to say that only 25GB was allocated for the system drive.

That's a LOT of space for the system drive.  Look at my link - and review what you have on it.  Really, there should be between 6-10 GB at most.  With a 25 GB system drive, an appropriately managed system drive will have 15-19 GB free.

Ok, I will see what is taking up space. Oh I forgot to mention that Symantec Endpoint is also installed on the sbs server.

Check the C:\Program Files\Symantec\Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager\intepup\content  folder.  I think you will find that is the culprit taking all your disk space away.

I have had this a few times with Symantec Endpoint.  Solution is to download and install the latest build (MR3 I believe).  

Article here:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/ent-security.nsf/2326c6a13572aeb788257363002b62aa/2a6a2128a27239858825739200044b34?OpenDocument

One of the largest culprits for filling up space on the C: drive that I have found is the log files for exchange. They are small, but if you are not backing up exchange regularly you could end up with thousands of them.

Have you moved the information stores to a different drive?

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/821915

http://www.experts-exchange.com/OS/Microsoft_Operating_Systems/Q_22420619.html
 

I plan to move data hopefully this weekend. The Endpoint has only been on there two days now.

What data?  Just docs & stuff or the information store?

I noticed the exchange MDBdata folder with has the logs and the database files is taking up 11+GB of space. I am going to move the database and log files to another partition. I will do that tomorrow night. Once I do that, it will give the c drive a total of about 15GB. I also got rid of all the unnecessary profiles from the server, and limit the log on to only one account. Quick question: when users log on via RWW, is a profile created on the server?

There shouldn't be - RWW just passes them through to their desktops.

Kool. BTW, very good paper Leew. That is a very good article you wrote on managing the system drive.

Thanks!