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Windows 2000 server and disk tracking

I have a storage problem on one of my Windows 2000 Server network drives. I suspect a user on my network is saving a lot of junk. The problem is, I don't know who is doing it, and I don't know which folder or folders are being filled up.

Is there a way I can tell what users are filling up what folders?

Also, is there a tool that will provide hsitorical data for disk usage? for example, keeping track of the folde name, and it's size on monday night at midnight, tuesday night at midnight, etc.

PatG042800

Here is a nice GUI tool for displaying all of your disk usage information:

http://windirstat.info/

This can be resource intensive when reading your drive(s) so best to test during low user load or after hours.

To determine the owner of a file, the easiest way to to use the /Q flag with a dir command from a prompt.
For instance to determine the owner of all text files in a folder:

C:\somefolder> dir /Q *.txt

As for the user disk usage you might want to look into implementing disk quotas.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/reskit/prork/prdf_fls_tbvu.mspx?mfr=true

npinfotech

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I was looking more for something that would let me be bale to take action on an individual user. Can quota's be set on individual users, and not disk drives?

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npinfotech

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Excellent answers PatG. Thanks.