What cute little pac mans On 21 May 2011 21:54, Mark Hurd <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've successfully done this with Windows\Installer, > Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download and > Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386 on Win2K3. > > To keep things simple, I've copied these folders (ensuring security > was kept as it was, where possible) to their exact same paths but on > the newer empty drive, stopping the relevant services before hand. > Then delete the original and make the junction in its place, and start > the relevant services again. > > BTW My current favourite disk usage program is WinDirStat > http://windirstat.sourceforge.net/ > > -- > Regards, > Mark Hurd, B.Sc.(Ma.)(Hons.) > > On 21 May 2011 19:04, Preet Sangha <[email protected]> wrote: > > My usual option in a time like this is the following: > > Take the heaviest directories and or files I can find and symlink/juncton > > them to copies on another drive. You may be able to clear up enough space > > this way. I find TreeSize Free - http://j.mp/mx0sTH from Jam Software > finds > > the usual suspects. > > -- preet > > > > On 21 May 2011 11:45, Noon Silk <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 1:41 AM, James Chapman-Smith > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > If the primary drive is NTFS you could attach a second drive to a path > >> > on the first thus giving you more space. Would that work? > >> > >> This souds just crazy enough to work, but I don't think it will, > >> because I don't think you can do that on a folder that already exists. > >> Unless I made the relevant folders that .net planned on installing > >> into and did it that way. At this point I'm going to cry softly in the > >> corner for a while, and then try and see if I can increase the size of > >> the disk through amazon somehow (I saw something about it, but it was > >> through the command line tools, with which I am not familiar; and also > >> it was Ubuntu). > >> > >> It's a bit annoying that Amazon only gave me 9 gig to work with there > >> (and there is really nothing not essential installed), so I'm kind of > >> out of options here. > >> > >> -- > >> Noon Silk | http://www.mirios.com.au:8081 > > >> > >> Fancy a quantum lunch? > >> http://www.mirios.com.au:8081/index.php?title=Quantum_Lunch > >> > >> "Every morning when I wake up, I experience an exquisite joy — the joy > >> of being this signature." > > > > > > > > -- > > regards, > > Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland > > > -- regards, Preet, Overlooking the Ocean, Auckland
