Creating space on the C drive

Hi - my C drive is full, but my E drive is practically empty - is there a way I can re - assign some space E to the C space?

To study disk space, use download and install Treesize (freeware).
https://www.Jam-software.de/customers/downloadTrial.php?ARTICLE_NO=80&language=en&PHPSESSID=6odgempt76un9q9nkj7luf5be0

Information about Treesize

http://www.Jam-software.com/treesize_free/

When you open Treesize scan select in the Menu and you will see a list of drives. Click on C and it will generate a list of files. Display names and 6 larger files sizes and the total at the top of the list.

To reconcile Treesize figures with the size of a partition (or drive), you must make allowances according to this formula:
Partition C + folder System Volume Information * + Free space gain of compressing files plus ability to drive or partition

* Since October 13, 2011 with the introduction of version 2.6, the size of the folder System Volume Information is reported if you no longer have to include in your reconciliation.

To determine the size of the System Volume Information folder of Vista select Start, all programs, accessories, right-click on command prompt and select run as administrator. Type "vssadmin list ShadowStorage" without the quotes and press ENTER. The information provided is as follows:

Memory used ghost space.

Shadow storage space.

Maximum of space ghost.

A better program of disk cleanup is cCleaner. Delete System Restore points may be important if you have little free disk space. The ability to delete them is one of the tools options. You can selectively remove those created in less important moments.

cCleaner also comes with a registry tool. Do not use this tool as any registry cleaner could lead to the creation of very difficult to resolve system errors.
http://www.CCleaner.com/download

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    1.) create a virtual drive of 74 GB on the SAN and introduce him to the ESXI host

    2.) log in to the host with vSphere Client

    3.) configuration-> Add-> storage

    (a.) disk/LUN

    (b) VMFS-5

    (c.) maximum available space

    4.) new virtual machine...

    (b) storage: 74 GB datastore, I created

    (c.) VM Version: 5

    (d.) guest operating system: Windows Server 2008 R2 (64-bit)

    e.) CPUs: 4 taken virtual

    f.) memory: 32 GB

    g.) network: VMNetwork

    h.) to create a floppy: = 40 GB, zero thickness stocked lazy virtual disk size

    This will start the machine and I will install the OS, but as I said, when he finished there's hardly any space left on the C drive.  I don't know there's something brutally obvious that I'm missing here, but I appreciate any help.

    In this spirit, the vm swap stored in space not configured as I initially thought?

    Sorry for the confusion. Yes you are right, it is certainly also swap file of the virtual machine that is on the VMFS data store. In my first post, I was referring only to the pagefile on the guest, because I realized that the guest operating system installation was your major issue.

    André

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