Disk is full message when there is disk space 1

[ptp491]

Hi,
I have a server that has a 4 gig partition for OS(Win 2000 server STD) , Although I see 310 mb free space but I can't access anything from Admin tools to services or computer management. I get the message "disk is full" and I'm not sure why this happens.
Any Idea ??
Thanks,

 

[ncotton]

Are you getting this message when you are trying to write data to the disk? Or just when trying to open the Computer Management Console?

Hope this Helps.

Neil J Cotton
njc Information Systems
Systems Consultant

 

[ptp491]

Well, I was getting it when I was trying to run MMC or any admin tool. I cleaned up some space and it seems it started working after I cleared 100 mb.
I noticed Active diretory users is missing from admin tools and also I saw a few errorsin applicationlog filewhich I have to see if that causes the problem.
error is: SceCli 1202.

 

[dberg35]

Run disk clean up that will free up more space. Also go to the winnt folder and remove any or all update uninstall files ad if there are any old user profiles delete those.

 

[markdmac]

You can also look at moving the print spooler to another partition, move user profiles to another partition and create a paging file on another partition then reduce the size of your current paging file so it i sjust big enough to be the size needed to capture crash dump info. Set it to a low value and the system will warn you what size it really needs for that.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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[markdmac]

Also for cleaning up the user profiles you can use the script I wrote for this thread. thread329-1237896.

Note that because you have a 4 GB partition I assume you upgraded this server. The script looks for profiles to be in Docs & Settings. If your profiles are under Winnt\Profiles you will need to modify the profile path in the script.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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[ptp491]

Thanks for all the help and info..one question though, how to move paging file to anoher partition without affecting anything ??
Thanks,

 

[markdmac]

Create a new paging file on a second disk. Then you set the size of the current one to zero. Click Apply. You should get an error saying that the system needs a minimum size for a crash dump. Set to the size it requires and reboot.

I hope you find this post helpful.

Regards,

Mark

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