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If you are asking if it is OK to put the Active Directory files on the C: drive in the default location of C:\Windows\NTDS\ , then the answer is normally yes. &nbsp;Windows diables write caching on the hard disk where the AD files are located, and this could theoretically cause some slow down, but in real life it seems to have no noticable effect. &nbsp;The vast majority of Windows domain controllers have AD located in the default location, and also Sysvol in the dafult location. &nbsp;Both of these together almost never get larger than a few hundre megabytes.
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If you are asking if it is OK to put the Active Directory files on the C: drive in the default location of C:\Windows\NTDS\ , then the answer is normally yes.  Windows diables write caching on the hard disk where the AD files are located, and this could theoretically cause some slow down, but in real life it seems to have no noticable effect.  The vast majority of Windows domain controllers have AD located in the default location, and also Sysvol in the dafult location.  Both of these together almost never get larger than a few hundre megabytes.

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if you ever find that you fill up your C drive, then you can always move the DB to another partition using ntdsutil, but i agree with above, just leave in on C, this is the most common and usually a perfectly ok way of configuring it
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if you ever find that you fill up your C drive, then you can always move the DB to another partition using ntdsutil, but i agree with above, just leave in on C, this is the most common and usually a perfectly ok way of configuring it

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i have a client that is dc promo a server and wants to know what fiels are kept in the app logs that are beeing out on the c: and if he shoudl place these on a different drive. can i et some help on teh answer for this thanks guys
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i have a client that is dc promo a server and wants to know what fiels are kept in the app logs that are beeing out on the c: and if he shoudl place these on a different drive. can i et some help on teh answer for this thanks guys

active directory log files

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).

Windows Server 2003

Active Directory (AD) is a Microsoft brand for identity-related capabilities. In the on-premises world, Windows Server AD provides a set of identity capabilities and services, and is hugely popular (88% of Fortune 1000 and 95% of enterprises use AD). This topic includes all things Active Directory including DNS, Group Policy, DFS, troubleshooting, ADFS, and all other topics under the Microsoft AD and identity umbrella.