ok delete \ServicePackFiles\ directory?

[Rick C.]

Am trying to free up space on my ancient C: drive. I see that my C:
\WINNT\ServicePackFiles\i386\ directory has 250 mg worth of files from
6/19/2003. Is it ok to delete this directory? My system is stable.

 

[Steve Parry]

Am trying to free up space on my ancient C: drive. I see that my C:
\WINNT\ServicePackFiles\i386\ directory has 250 mg worth of files from
6/19/2003. Is it ok to delete this directory? My system is stable.

http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~atm/remove_winupd_backup.html

 

[Guest]

Hi Rick,

I'm facing the same issue and would like to know if I can safely the
"ServicePackFiles" directory as well. Does anyone know if these other
directories are safe to delete:

C:\I386 (appears to have all compressed files in it, extensions like "ex_")
C:\urlcache (not sure what this is for)

Steve's link was useful and I'll use those steps to get rid of some of the
larger Hotfix Backup Files.

Thanks,
Ken

 

[Steve Parry]

Hi Rick,

I'm facing the same issue and would like to know if I can safely the
"ServicePackFiles" directory as well. Does anyone know if these other
directories are safe to delete:

C:\I386 (appears to have all compressed files in it, extensions like
"ex_")
C:\urlcache (not sure what this is for)

Steve's link was useful and I'll use those steps to get rid of some of the
larger Hotfix Backup Files.

Hi Ken

The C:\i386 folder is a copy of the installations CD and is where your OS
will look if it needs any of the original files. I personally leave the i386
folder alone on my system.

 

[Guest]

Steve,

Thanks for the prompt reply. To your knowledge, can I safely delete this
folder and assume that I will be prompted for the installation CD if the OS
ever needs those original files?

Thanks again,
Ken

 

[Steve Parry]

Steve,

Thanks for the prompt reply. To your knowledge, can I safely delete this
folder and assume that I will be prompted for the installation CD if the
OS ever needs those original files?

Yes I would think so, I've deleted such folders in the past and not had any
problems.

Take a look here

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/222473/EN-US/

For further information about altering the source location settings

 

[Guest]

Thanks Steve, that's just what I needed to know. I've moved the I386
directory to my D: drive and changed the SourcePath setting in the registry
accordingly.

Thanks for your help.
Ken

 

[Steve Parry]

Thanks Steve, that's just what I needed to know. I've moved the I386
directory to my D: drive and changed the SourcePath setting in the
registry accordingly.

Thanks for your help.
Ken

Glad it sorted, thanks for the feedback!

Regards

 

[Dave Patrick]

Windows 2000 will use the \ServicePackFiles folder in the event you Add
components to the system. Best to leave this folder.

Some things to check;
Clean out your %windir%\Temp, and \Documents and Settings\%username%\Local
Settings\Temp directory. Delete the Temporary Internet Files, and History.
You could use Find|Files/ Folders and search the drive for; say files
greater than 5mB and then decide if they're needed. Check the %windir%
directory for a $NtServicePackUninstall$ directory, if your current service
pack is stable and you don't anticipate backing down, you can delete the
dir. Also check for the existence of User.dmp and Memory.dmp (both, by
default should be in the %windir% directory) you can delete these unless
your going to send them to the application vendor, or Microsoft for
troubleshooting purposes. Other options are; moving the pagefile to one of
the other drives, uninstall your programs that are installed in C:\Program
Files and reinstall them to D:\Program Files If you have a lot of local user
profiles stored, you can move them, see this article for info on this.

How to Move the Location of a Locally Cached Profile
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q214470/

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Am trying to free up space on my ancient C: drive. I see that my C:
| \WINNT\ServicePackFiles\i386\ directory has 250 mg worth of files from
| 6/19/2003. Is it ok to delete this directory? My system is stable.

 

[Rick C.]

http://www.phys.unsw.edu.au/~atm/remove_winupd_backup.html

Thanks for this--but it's just about Windows Update files. I'm looking
to delete C:\WINNT\ServicePackFiles\i386\. Any thoughts on this
directory? Thanks.

 

[Dave Patrick]

Windows 2000 will use the \ServicePackFiles folder in the event you Add
components to the system. Best to leave this folder.

Some things to check;
Clean out your %windir%\Temp, and \Documents and Settings\%username%\Local
Settings\Temp directory. Delete the Temporary Internet Files, and History.
You could use Find|Files/ Folders and search the drive for; say files
greater than 5mB and then decide if they're needed. Check the %windir%
directory for a $NtServicePackUninstall$ directory, if your current service
pack is stable and you don't anticipate backing down, you can delete the
dir. Also check for the existence of User.dmp and Memory.dmp (both, by
default should be in the %windir% directory) you can delete these unless
your going to send them to the application vendor, or Microsoft for
troubleshooting purposes. Other options are; moving the pagefile to one of
the other drives, uninstall your programs that are installed in C:\Program
Files and reinstall them to D:\Program Files If you have a lot of local user
profiles stored, you can move them, see this article for info on this.

How to Move the Location of a Locally Cached Profile
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q214470/

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Thanks for this--but it's just about Windows Update files. I'm looking
| to delete C:\WINNT\ServicePackFiles\i386\. Any thoughts on this
| directory? Thanks.