Windows 2k3 reporting wrong free disk space

[Rob Mills]

We have a Win2k3 server, running on a DL380, with IIS 5.0. Disks are 32Gb SCSI mirrored on a 5i controller

It reports only 18mb out of 10Gb free. Trouble is, when you add up the files only 4Gb is used up. I have searched for hidden files, used TreeSize Pro to double check and run chkdsk /f with no luck. Any hints are appreciated

[Daniel Leblanc]

This might sound dum ,but did you try defrag?

[Rob Mills]

not dumb,

yes tried defrag
chkdsk is showing 18mb free as well.
looked for Alternate Data streams - nada
looked for bad folder links - nope
looked at corrupt mft - not that either

[Daniel Leblanc]

what is disk manager saying has information?

[Rob Mills]

says Healthy volume, same amount of disk free

[Daniel Leblanc]

Well did try it on an other serveur this drive, i think you may have a hardware trouble,between the raid and the hard drive.

[Alpha977]

Hello!
i think is something wrong into RAID configuration or on the controller.


Regards

[Rob Mills]

hardware problem is possible, however I have two arrays on this controller, nothing wrong with Array B, also, two logical drives on Array A and the 2nd one is ok too.

Checked the settings, they are good.

thanks guys

[Daniel Leblanc]

Well up i was helpfull :D

Have a nice day.

Dan

PS: please you repoint for level of help you think is was for you.

[Jon Finley · Accepted solution]

Go to the new Sysinternals site (MS)
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx
and download rootkitrevealer (under security).

You can also download some of the file and directory based tools to see if there are filesystem problems.

Jon

[Igor Karasik]

Rob,
Make sure Volume Shadow Copy Service is disabled (Right-click the volume , then select Properties to open the configuration window. Click the Shadow Copies tab....)

BTW:
>>We have a Win2k3 server, running on a DL380, with IIS 5.0.

windows 2003 works with IIS 6, not IIS 5

[Rob Mills]

Thanks Igor, VSC is running, however not on that drive, and it is also saving to a separate drive, is there something else about VSC that would caus this behavior?

[Igor Karasik]

>> is there something else about VSC that would caus this behavior?

I think no, if you sure that VSC saved to separate drive.