No on seems to be mentioning running the app, command prompt or whatever with elevated privileges. If UAC is on, and you aren't prompted to do so, you need to select run as administrator yourself.
On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 11:05 PM, Mike Hoffman <m...@drumbrae.net> wrote: > When you run your tool of choice to see the disk space is it running as > administrator? If you use something like defraggler it will show all the > space and whatever is eating the space will be fragmenting as it grows. It’s > not unusual for an SBS box in this situation to have 50GB+ of IIS log files > for all WSUS activity. > > > > See: > http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/archive/2010/01/11/watch-that-wsus-administrator-log-file-location.aspxfor > a detailed run through. > > > > Mike > > > > *From:* James Hill [mailto:james.h...@superamart.com.au] > *Sent:* 30 June 2010 22:37 > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* RE: Where's my disk space gone ? > > > > 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 > > > > > > Network Support > Online Backups > Server Management > > Tel: 0845 307 3443 > > Email: oliver.marsh...@g2support.com > > Web: http://www.g2support.com > > Twitter: g2support <http://twitter.com/home?stat...@g2support> > > Newsletter: http://www.g2support.com/newsletter > > Mail: 2 Roundhill Road, Brighton, Sussex, BN2 3RF > > > > G2 Support LLP is registered at Mill House, 103 Holmes Avenue, HOVE > > BN3 7LE. Our registered company number is OC316341. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
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