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Hard Drive Storage Viewer Utility

I am looking for a free utility, that I can run on our Microsoft Small Business 2003 Server, that can categorize files and hard drive storage for convenient viewing via a graph.  I am trying to get an idea of why there is 15gb out of 17gb full on the C: drive of our server.

Also, Does anyone know what is a typical size for a configured Microsoft Small Business 2003 Server?

Thanks!
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There may be such utilities that do it by file type - but your better off just locating the problem areas.

Is your Exchange Database stored on C:?

Do you have Volume Shadow Copy enabled for C:?  If so, how large?

Are your user shared folders on C:?

Is your pagefile on C:?

Is the ClientApps folder on C:?

Do you use Symantec Backup products?  I've seen them cause problems leaving large files behind in the System Volume Information folder.

Has the server been installed a long time?  It's possible the backup catalogs are HUGE and need to be archived to a disk or simply deleted.

Did you read the link I referred you to I posted in your other question?

Now if you still need to do some detective work, then download DIRUSE from Microsoft (I believe it's included in the 2000 Server Support Tools or Resource kit but it runs just fine on 2003).

Then run the command diruse /, /m /* c:\ and you'll get output that tells you what the largest folders are on the system.  If, for example, you find Documents and Settings is huge, then run DIRUSE /, /* /M "C:\Documents and Settings" and see what folder there is taking up space.  Repeat and narrow down and you'll find your culprit.
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Again!  Man your good!  Thanks for the quick and thorough response.  I had not checked back on my last question but I appreciate the follow up on the question and the link.  I will have to look through that info when I have a bit more time.  Thanks!!

Until then I will respond to your questions.

Is your Exchange Database stored on C:?  No, its located on a seperate drive, but possibly the same hard drive... is that ok? (one reason for wanting the utility in my last post)

Do you have Volume Shadow Copy enabled for C:?  If so, how large?  I do not know what this is but I see a folder name shadowcopy within the client apps folder.  It only has one msi file in the folder that is not even a meg, however.

Are your user shared folders on C:?   No, they are located elsewhere.

Is your pagefile on C:?  Yes,it is on C: and is set to 2046-4092

Is the ClientApps folder on C:?  Yes, this is approx 1.72 gb

Do you use Symantec Backup products?  I've seen them cause problems leaving large files behind in the System Volume Information folder.  No, we do not use symantec backup products.

Has the server been installed a long time?  It's possible the backup catalogs are HUGE and need to be archived to a disk or simply deleted.  It has been a long time.  Where can I find these catalogs?


Thanks a ton for your help on this!!
PC World - PC World Downloads - TreeSize Free
http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,23075,00.asp

Might suggest that to help give you an insight into folder sizes...
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As for TreeSize - it's only partly effective.  It cannot provide information on files it doesn't have access to - that's why I recommend DIRUSE instead.  (For example, if you have a folder that has permissions set in such a way that your admin account doesn't have easy access to it, treesize will not count that folder.  IF you have two admin users, for example, and the permissions on their profiles only allow the specific user to access the profile, then Treesize won't include the other user's 4 GB DVD ISO file on his desktop - DIRUSE will - or at least will provide an error so you know you have to check further.
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I went ahead and gave you the points, I appreciate the thought you've put into your answers leew!  I did several of these things and i picked up treesize.  Treesize is simple and does enough for me to pinpoint problem areas.  thanks for your responses!  I will post back here if I get some time to try out some of the other things and let you know how it goes.  

THANKS!
I would have at least thought a split was in order, since the app I suggested did what you needed to....