C drive disk space is 0

Hello,
I have a client that is running Windows SBS 2003.  The c drive is constantly low on space, until finally there was nothing left to remove application wise or data files.  I am migrating them to Windows 2012 Server R2 while trying to bandage the
current system.
Finally the machine crashed and it seems that the services were all corrupted and the system wouldn't start correctly. No services would start.  Is this typical behavior of Windows 2003 SBS if resources are depleted?  I was told that the SBS systems
were very finicky and you can't add other appl's to your system while running this software.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
John G 
John Grace

Hi john,
Not only SBS any server \ computer is running with short of resources then they are close to give a trouble.
Coming to Low disk space on C drive, it is very dangerous as the computer might crash or failed to start at any point of time.
So maintaining appropriate space on System drive is always recommended.
So what is the current state of your server ? is it booting now ? do you have enough space on C drive to run the applications on your server ?
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