Here's a few things to check that may be of interest here: 1) Check your disk controller bios. Verify it's properly setup. 2) check your disk spindle bios. Verify it's properly setup. 3) check your block sizes. Make sure you have the proper disk block sizes. I've seen some screwiness when you use the wrong block sizes and as a theory, that could be involved in your problem. 4) If I didn't mention it before, check all the bios' disk, array controller, server, etc.
5) If this is not a clean CD install (you have other apps on there) you may want to check this with an out of the box version. If it is clean, check the bios for the disk, array controller, server etc. I think that should be helpful. Al -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Lou Vega Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 11:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: Windows 2003 Clean Install results in high disk space utlization Howdy folks, <short attention span summary> I start out with a 16GB OS partition cleanly formatted and install Windows 2003 Server. At the end of installation, I have just about 500MB disk space free. Has anyone seen this before? </short attention span summary> This has been a bit of an annoyance for a few days now. I have a Dell 1655MC Blade server which I'm installing Windows 2003 Server on. I boot from the CD and perform a clean install - wiping out previous partitions, formatting, etc. Now the disk space numbers are correct for my partitions during the setup (16GB OS partition and 60GB applications partition) but after I complete the install of Windows 2003, it shows an available disk space report of just 500MB left on that 16GB drive with JUST the OS installed. I've begun a search on Google ("Windows 2003 Installation Low Disk Space" and variants) but maybe I'm not searching with the proper query. Has anyone else seen this? Regards, Lou List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/mail_list.htm List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/list_faq.htm List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
