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Import quota settings from another volume

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

To import quota settings from another volume

  1. Open My Computer.

  2. Right-click the volume to which you want to import quota settings, and then click Properties.

  3. In the Properties dialog box, click the Quota tab.

  4. On the Quota tab, click Quota Entries.

  5. In the Quota Entries window, on the Quota menu, click Import.

  6. In the Import Quota Settings dialog box, select the name of the file that contains the quota settings you want to import, and then click Open.

    When you are importing quota records, a dialog box appears if imported settings will overwrite existing settings for a volume user. Specify whether you want to overwrite the existing user settings.

Notes

  • To perform this procedure, you must be a member of the Administrators group on the local computer, or you must have been delegated the appropriate authority. If the computer is joined to a domain, members of the Domain Admins group might be able to perform this procedure. As a security best practice, consider using Run as to perform this procedure. For more information, see Default local groups, Default groups, and Using Run as.

  • To open My Computer, click Start, and then click My Computer.

  • If the volume is not formatted with the NTFS file system, or if you are not a member of the Administrators group, the Quota tab is not displayed in the volume`s properties dialog box.

  • You can open two instances of the Quota Entries window: one for the volume from which you are importing the quota records, and one for the volume into which you want to import quota records. Then you can drag quota records from the source volume's Quota Entries window to the destination volume's Quota Entries window.

  • For entries that already exist on the destination volume, the settings transferred are the user's disk space limit and quota warning level values. If the entries do not exist, new entries are created.

  • Disk quota settings are saved in a file format that is exclusive to the Disk Quotas utility and that is used only for importing and exporting quota settings from one volume to another. The Import Quota Settings dialog box does not show the file name extension for the settings file, even if the folder that contains it shows file name extensions for all files.

Information about functional differences

  • Your server might function differently based on the version and edition of the operating system that is installed, your account permissions, and your menu settings. For more information, see Viewing Help on the Web.

See Also

Concepts

Sort quota entries
Modify user disk space limits and warning levels
Import quota settings from another volume
Export quota settings to another volume
Delete quota entries
Create quota reports
Change column order in the Quota Entries window
Add new quota entries