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4.2. Reclaim Disk Space on C

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SBS W2K3 Changing Page File location - Failure0xC3EC78BCPoolalreadyexist

05-Dec-07 11:13:01
Hi Larry,

The only problem is that the Page File on C drive is still 1.5gb (even after
i setup C drive to No Paging file option).

BTW, I already moved few unused folders, as well as the Windows updates
uninstall folders.

Barry
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SBS W2K3 Changing Page File location - bar.levkovit

06-Dec-07 02:24:45
Hi

I hope someone can clear the following issue.


I have a SBS W2K3 running SP1.
Before upgrading to SP2 i wanted to claim more space of my C drive,
so I changed the Page File location to D Drive and setup C drive
option to NO Page File option.
After restart I have 2 Page File on both Drives. The Page File on C
drive still exists.


Do I need to manually delete to file from C drive ??


Please advise.


Thanks,


Barry L.
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SBS W2K3 Changing Page File location - v-robel

07-Dec-07 01:39:12
Hi Barry,

Thanks for posting in our newsgroup and also for Larry's input.

You can delete the unused page file on drive C. To get more free disk place
on driver C:, you can move the Exchange mailbox, SharePoint, Monitoring
database, ClientApps Shared Folder and users share folder to the other
partition. For the detail steps, please refer to the following white paper.

Moving Data Folders for Windows Small Business Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sbs/2003/maintain/movedata.mspx

I noticed you moved Windows Update related folders. If you have WSUS on
SBS, you can take the following steps:

Step 1: For the unneeded WSUS updates, you can try a free tool,
WsusDebugTool.exe to remove unneeded contents in WSUS server.

1. You can download it from the following web site:

http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/7/4/7745a34e-f563-443b-b4f8-3a289e9
95255/WSUS%20Server%20Debug%20Tool.EXE

2. Double click WSUS Server Debug Tool.EXE file to extract
WsusDebugTool.exe file to a folder.
3. Running the command "WsusDebugTool.exe /Tool:PurgeUnneededFiles"

Step 2: You can also move the location of local WSUS update storage using
WSUSutil.exe, a command-line tool that is copied to the file system of the
WSUS server during WSUS Setup.

Please run the following commands:

Cd C:\Program Files\Update Services\Tools

wsusutil.exe movecontent contentpath logfile [-skipcopy]

For example, type:

wsusutil.exe movecontent D:\WSUS\ D:\move.log

where D:\WSUS is the new path for local WSUS update storage, and
D:\move.log is the path to the log file.

For more information about WSUSutil.exe, see

Specifying Where to Store Updates
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windowsserver2003/library/WSUS/
WSUSOperationsGuideTC/8cca6fab-163e-451d-ab78-70b39fdb1455.mspx

Hope this helps.

If you need further assistance, please don't hesitate to let me know.

Best regards,

Robert Li(MSFT)

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SBS W2K3 Changing Page File location - Failure0xC3EC78BCPoolalreadyexist

13-Dec-07 02:58:00
Thanks for the info.
Problem is solved.

Barry
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SBS W2K3 Changing Page File location - v-robel

14-Dec-07 05:32:17
Hi,

Thanks for your reply.

I am glad to know the information is helpful.

I'd like to make a summary for this post.

Q: After changing the virtual memory for disk C to D, can I delete
c:\pagefile.sys file?

A: Yes, you can delete the unused page file on drive C. In addition, you
can take the steps in following articles to get more space on drive C.

Moving Data Folders for Windows Small Business Server 2003
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sbs/2003/maintain/movedata.mspx

For future postings, I would like to list the following information as a
guideline when submitting new posts in the future. This information will
help us to understand the issue and situation more quickly. Thank you!

1. Has the server/client/product ever worked?
2. If so, what changed?
3. What service packs and updates were applied?
4. What are the steps to reproduce the problem?
5. Does it happen the same way on any other systems?
6. Please provide the exact error message with any screenshots, if possible.

If you need any assistance in the future, please feel free to post in our
newsgroup.

Best regards,

Robert Li(MSFT)

Microsoft CSS Online Newsgroup Support

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This newsgroup only focuses on SBS technical issues. If you have issues
regarding other Microsoft products, you'd better post in the corresponding
newsgroups so that they can be resolved in an efficient and timely manner.
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http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx

When opening a new thread via the web interface, we recommend you check the
any updates in your thread. When responding to posts via your newsreader,
please "Reply to Group" so that others may learn and benefit from your
issue.

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provide other information for your reference, we recommend you post
different incidents in different threads to keep the thread clean. In doing
so, it will ensure your issues are resolved in a timely manner.

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