Sounds like you have some large files in areas that you don't have permission 
to.  This is not that unusual in 2008.

Some of the areas to check:-


*         Problem Reports.  Those things can be huge.  Open "Problem Reports 
and Solutions" and then click on "Clear solution and problem history".

*         Recycle Bins (have any folder redirection going on?  Users deleted 
large files sitting in their recycle bins on the server).  Turn on viewing of 
protected operating system files and have a browse around.

*         IIS Logs  c:\inetpub\logs\logfiles\ then check each folder in there.  
If you haven't browsed into those folders and clicked on the security prompts 
to get permission to view the contents then a folder size query WON'T show the 
actual size of the folder/s.

*         C:\windows\temp

Another option is to use the File Server Resource Manager and run some reports 
on large files etc.  That will show up anything no matter what permissions are 
set.



From: Oliver Marshall [mailto:oliver.marsh...@g2support.com]
Sent: Thursday, 1 July 2010 6:06 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Where's my disk space gone ?

Hi,

I have a Windows 2008 server with a 100GB C partition. It has 8GB free, meaning 
92GB is in use. However every disk space tool I use shows that only 34GB of 
data is on the drive. I've tried clearing the shadow copies and that freed a 
few GB.

Any idea where the other 60'ish GB may be lurking ?

Olly



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