Can I look at the WHS C: partition for a misplaced file?

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  I think I inadvertently copied an 18 gb video file to the C: partition of my WHS.  Is there a way to verify that or look at the partition's contents?  And if it is there is a there a way to delete it?  Using the WHS console I only get access to folders, correct? 
  
  I'm hesitant about using remote desktop to look at the drive or delete something unless I know it's not going to foul things up.

  
  What makes you think you inadvertently copied the file to the C partition?  It's not available through any WHS share.
  
  It is possible to logon to the server desktop (which is unsupported) and look.  Just be careful because you could accidentally mess up your server if you aren't really familiar with WHS.

  Monday, August 10, 2009 4:41 AM

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  Here's why I think I did that.
  
  I used richcopy to copy a folder containing about 60 gb to a shared WHS folder.  In richcopy I chose the source folder on my client PC, then I used the browse function to find my shared folder for the destination.  Even though I had a complete directory tree the desktop folder containing the shared folders that WHS made at installation was not in the directory tree.  I looked and found the shared folder in my network neighborhood folder.  I chose that folder and started the copy.  One 18 gb file copied and then I got a disk full error.  My acer home server still only had one 1tb drive in it and there was over 500 gb of free space.  After the error I went searching for the copied file, it wasn't in the shared folders, it wasn't duplicated on my client pc, I couldn't find it anywhere.  I then went back to richcopy to recreate what I had done.  I discovered that the shared folder I found in My Network Neighborhood had a pathname of C:.  So I think that I somehow copied that file to the 20 gb C: partition on WHS and that filled the drive, giving me the error.
  
  I thought I could use remote desktop to look.  But what do I do if the file is there?  What problems are created by copying that large file and essentially filling up the partition?  I'm not very familiar with WHS so I don't want to mess things up but maybe I already have.
  
  Thanks for your reply and any more help you can give me.
  

  Monday, August 10, 2009 5:04 AM
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  Here's why I think I did that.
  
  I used richcopy to copy a folder containing about 60 gb to a shared WHS folder.  In richcopy I chose the source folder on my client PC, then I used the browse function to find my shared folder for the destination.  Even though I had a complete directory tree the desktop folder containing the shared folders that WHS made at installation was not in the directory tree.  I looked and found the shared folder in my network neighborhood folder.  I chose that folder and started the copy.  One 18 gb file copied and then I got a disk full error.  My acer home server still only had one 1tb drive in it and there was over 500 gb of free space.  After the error I went searching for the copied file, it wasn't in the shared folders, it wasn't duplicated on my client pc, I couldn't find it anywhere.  I then went back to richcopy to recreate what I had done.  I discovered that the shared folder I found in My Network Neighborhood had a pathname of C:.  So I think that I somehow copied that file to the 20 gb C: partition on WHS and that filled the drive, giving me the error.
  
  I thought I could use remote desktop to look.  But what do I do if the file is there?
  
  

  Deleting the file should be safe.  (Just make sure you don't change anything else while you're in there.)
  
  

  What problems are created by copying that large file and essentially filling up the partition?
  
  

  Good question.  :)  Although I've never done it, I would assume it would be just like filling up a paritition on any PC (warnings about hard drive being full, perhaps no new data in logs because there is no room, etc.)
  
  

  I'm not very familiar with WHS so I don't want to mess things up but maybe I already have.
  
  Thanks for your reply and any more help you can give me.
  

  
  

  Monday, August 10, 2009 5:28 AM

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