Obtaining Disk Scratch Space needed by Trend Micro Technical Support

- Updated:
- 4 Jan 2017
- Product/Version:
- Endpoint Encryption 5.0
- Platform:
- Windows 10 32-bit
- Windows 10 64-bit
- Windows 7 32-Bit
- Windows 7 64-Bit
- Windows 8 32-Bit
- Windows 8 64-Bit
- Windows Vista 32-bit
- Windows Vista 64-bit
- Windows XP SP3 32-bit

Summary

Here are the steps on how to collect Disk Scratch Space needed by Trend Micro Technical Support.

Details

To collect Disk Scratch Space :

Download and extract GetScratchSpace.zip.
Open the Command Prompt as Administrator.
Change the directory to the location where the zip is extracted.
Type the following command:

GetScratchSpace.exe 1

Where 1 is based on the Disk ID of hardisk (see below instructions to obtain the disk ID).

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Wait for the task to complete. It will take few minutes.

To obtain the Disk ID:

Go to Start > Run. Type compmgmt.msc then click OK.
Go to Computer Management > Storage > Disk Management.

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Check the disk number.

After completing the steps, BIN files will be created in the same directory where GetScratchSpace.exe is located. Submit the following to Trend Micro Technical Support: