C drive suddenly full

[Stuartp]

The C drive on our Windows 2000 server has suddenly become full (i.e. about 7mb free). Not long ago there was over 200MB free.

I have checked all the obvious things like temporary files, internet files, windows update files etc but they are already empty. None of the users store files on this drive as we have a separate volume for user files.

Can anyone suggest a way of finding out how to free up this space again please?

 

[Palagast]

You didn't mention Recycle bin. Looked there already?
There's lots of options on a server with all the programs installed on it.
You can use a tool like Treesize Pro (

http://www.jam-software.com/treesize)to

look where your big space users are and hopefully find something out of the ordinairy.

Good luck!

 

[Stuartp]

Hi. Thanks for the reply. I did check the recycle bin. I also tried, after I posted, using the Windows advanced find to see what had been modified in the last month. Turns out there is an sql database log amended a couple of days ago that is over 4GB. That would explain it! Now I just have to figure out how to deal with that.

Cheers

Stuart