Delete Unwanted Files

[L Mindler]

There are 2 directories (ServicePackFiles) and
(SoftwareDistribution located under the Windows Directory.

Are these needed after a system backup?
They are taking up approx 1 gigabyte of space on the hard
drive. My guess is they contain info about updates and I
see no reason for them after I applied the updates.

Any help here??

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Please have a look at the following article:

http://forum.aumha.org/viewtopic.php?t=7265&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight

 

[Jupiter Jones [MVP]]

ServicePackFiles may be needed for various installations and repairs
and should be left alone.

SoftwareDistribution can be safely deleted
Also see:
http://www3.telus.net/dandemar/spack.htm

 

[Alex Nichol]

There are 2 directories (ServicePackFiles) and
(SoftwareDistribution located under the Windows Directory.

Are these needed after a system backup?

ServicePackFiles is needed: it contains the service pack file versions
for use in preference to ones from the original CD if needed by File
Protection/SFC/New Hardware etc. On an NTFS drive a useful amount of
space can be saved by compressing it. What you can do if you have a CD
burner is burn the complete folder to a CD, then run regedit.exe and at

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup

Change the value of ServicePackSourcePath (and ServicePackCachePAth if
you have SP2) in the right pane to reflect the drive. Best if you have
2 drives, and can have the original SourcePath on one and this on the
other

Files under Software distribution can be deleted (keep folders in it,
remove files from those)