I have a 198 GB HDD that has only ~3GB of space left. I cannot delete any more data, i already did disk cleanup and deleted any non-critical files. I did a disk analazyz and found that the system volume information folder is taking up an enormous 89 GB of space that's almost as large as the files I put on there (107GB). This is my server machine (wndows server 2008) so there is not any system restore to reduce. Is there anyway to safely reduce the space that this takes up.



A quick peak into the file tree shows that just one file takes up over 67 GB of space.

I'm also using Bitlocker on this and all drives.

Server questions should be asked in a server newsgroup.

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"ACiD GRiM" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have a 198 GB HDD that has only ~3GB of space left. I cannot delete
> any more data, i already did disk cleanup and deleted any non-critical
> files. I did a disk analazyz and found that the system volume
> information folder is taking up an enormous 89 GB of space that's almost
> as large as the files I put on there (107GB). This is my server machine
> (wndows server 2008) so there is not any system restore to reduce. Is
> there anyway to safely reduce the space that this takes up.
>
> A quick peak into the file tree shows that just one file takes up over
> 67 GB of space.
>
> I'm also using Bitlocker on this and all drives.
>
>
> --
> ACiD GRiM

Sorry I don't have a clue what to advise you given this scenario but I wish
you luck resolving it.

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"ACiD GRiM" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> Oh, I forgot to mention that I connect the same drives to my x64 Vista
> Ultimate install, and there is no mention that they are being monitored
> by system restore, so there isn't a way for me to reduce the size that
> way. If i took the pc off line and deleted any of these files what would
> happen? I know its a really bad thing to do, but i could be mistaken
> there. The only reason that I mentioned that I was using WinS 2K8 was
> that I was that I thought It would help anyone helping try other things
> than system restore, that's what I always see people suggesting
> elsewhere and the threads go nowhere.
>
>
> --
> ACiD GRiM

Originally Posted by ACiD GRiM

I have a 198 GB HDD that has only ~3GB of space left. I cannot delete any more data, i already did disk cleanup and deleted any non-critical files. I did a disk analazyz and found that the system volume information folder is taking up an enormous 89 GB of space that's almost as large as the files I put on there (107GB). This is my server machine (wndows server 2008) so there is not any system restore to reduce. Is there anyway to safely reduce the space that this takes up.

A quick peak into the file tree shows that just one file takes up over 67 GB of space.

I'm also using Bitlocker on this and all drives.

Copy the files to another hard drive. Format the hard drive and copy the files back.

Richard

For future reference:
http://bertk.mvps.org/html/diskspacev.html


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"Richard G. Harper" <rgharper@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Sorry I don't have a clue what to advise you given this scenario but I
> wish you luck resolving it.
>
> --
> Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] rgharper@xxxxxx
> * NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
> * PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
> * The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
>
>
> "ACiD GRiM" <guest@xxxxxx-email.com> wrote in message
> news:9ff660cdecbe02f582de1632c2fd662a@xxxxxx-gateway.com...

>>
>> Oh, I forgot to mention that I connect the same drives to my x64 Vista
>> Ultimate install, and there is no mention that they are being monitored
>> by system restore, so there isn't a way for me to reduce the size that
>> way. If i took the pc off line and deleted any of these files what would
>> happen? I know its a really bad thing to do, but i could be mistaken
>> there. The only reason that I mentioned that I was using WinS 2K8 was
>> that I was that I thought It would help anyone helping try other things
>> than system restore, that's what I always see people suggesting
>> elsewhere and the threads go nowhere.
>>
>>
>> --
>> ACiD GRiM

>

Do you have a licensed and legal copy of Windows Server 2008?

"ACiD GRiM" wrote:

>
> I have a 198 GB HDD that has only ~3GB of space left. I cannot delete
> any more data, i already did disk cleanup and deleted any non-critical
> files. I did a disk analazyz and found that the system volume
> information folder is taking up an enormous 89 GB of space that's almost
> as large as the files I put on there (107GB). This is my server machine
> (wndows server 2008) so there is not any system restore to reduce. Is
> there anyway to safely reduce the space that this takes up.
>
> A quick peak into the file tree shows that just one file takes up over
> 67 GB of space.
>
> I'm also using Bitlocker on this and all drives.
>
>
> --
> ACiD GRiM
>

Do you have a legal copy of Window Vista Ultimate?

"ACiD GRiM" wrote:

>
> Ok, I solved it thanks to a lucky post here mentioning vssadmin briefly.
> That's all I needed to start trying out the command operators and
> figured it out on my own. So for anyone who is having a similar problem,
> much better than backing up your drives lol.
>
> open up your command line and type
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> vssadmin resize shadowstorage /for=<driveletter> /on=<driveletter> /maxsize=500MB
> --------------------
> 500MB is the minimum, if you are using vista, disabling system restore's
> shadow copy feature may delete all of the files (not just resize it),
> and for server 2008 uninstalling the "server backup feature" may do the
> same thing.
>
> An example execution would be:
>
>
> Code:
> --------------------
> vssadmin resize shadowstorage /for=x: /on=x: /maxsize=500MB
> --------------------
> the drive letter should be the same for both, and you can't leave one
> operator out. after doing this, I gained over 80GB of HDD space back!
> YEAH!
>
>
> --
> ACiD GRiM
>

why the hell would it matter?