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hard drives on server running low on disk space

how do i archive data on server to prevent drives running low on space?
what files can i delete to make space?
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you should describe what is a purpose of server, which roles are included.
also how many disks do you have, in which capacities and if you have some kind of RAID could be helpful to hepl you to optimize space.
you should also scan your drives to see what is taking how many space, if user file beceause it is also fileserver, or SQL DB, exchange etc.
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Also, what OS are you running?

If you are running Windows Server 2003 you can remove the $ patch install files.  These are only kept in case you want to remove an update.

That will free some space on your boot drive.

As to what files you can delete only you can answer this as you know what files are needed.

If this is in a work environment and users are storing personal files on their network drives, delete them.

I've deleted thousands of wedding, vacation, baby, birthday, etc. pictures that people thought the company should pay to keep.

Check for music and video files as well.
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server 2003 its a file and printer server used primilarly for user storage info

what a $ patch files?
firstly, because I know users, I would check if they have there only business related files and do not have movies, audio etc which could be space consuing. If all fieles are business related and they just naturally grow then you do not have many options. You can try some things from above or backup some old data to different storage, or add another disk space into server
What drive is getting full?  The C: drive?  The D: Drive?  Is the server partitioned?  You might want to have a look over my article on Boot Drive Size - www.lwcomputing.com/tips/static/bootdrivesize.asp
Well one way, is to upgrade to bigger drives/add more drives.

What disks do you have? Do you have RAID?
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very comphresive ans thanks for your reponse