Freeing Disk Space on Windows Servers

We have some old  servers that will be replaced soon.However on one of the servers the C drive hardly has any space left.I decided to clean up some old files so that we have enough space till we get the replacement servers.

Below are some ways of freeing up disk space by deleting old,unwanted files.

1) Use Disk Cleanup

Click on Start -> Program -> Accessories -> System Tools -> Disk Cleanup

2) Delete files from Temp folder C:\Windows\Temp\

3) Delete .tmp files

Go to search and search for files with extension .tmp

4) Delete Uninstall folders

Go to search and search for folders $UnInstal. These folders are hidden and are under C:\Windows\ 

5) Delete folders from C:\Windows\SoftwareDistribution\Download\

These are files/folders created by the windows update program.Once the programs are installed these files can be cleaned up to free up some diskspace.Before deleting the files make sure you stop the windows update service.