Folders I can delete???? I need to get some disk space freed up.

[Guest]

Can I delete, safely, and of the following folders with no consequence to my
Windows 2000 server System:?

1. C:\WINNT\ServicePackFiles\i386
2. Where are the Downloaded Automatic Update files stored? I have a bunch
of them and would like to delete them and install 1 at a time.
3. Any other files or directories you might suggest besides the basic
temporary directoried, would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance for the help!!!!

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Can I delete, safely, and of the following folders with no consequence to my
Windows 2000 server System:?

1. C:\WINNT\ServicePackFiles\i386
2. Where are the Downloaded Automatic Update files stored? I have a bunch
of them and would like to delete them and install 1 at a time.
3. Any other files or directories you might suggest besides the basic
temporary directoried, would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance for the help!!!!

1. Yes, if you insist.
2. Hidden folders called c:\winnt\$*****
3. Check the folders pointed at by %temp%.

However . . . What you're doing is a band-aid solution.
You will find yourself in the same situation within a very
short time. A far better solution is to buy a larger disk
and to clone Windows across. And, of course, you must
keep the OS and the applications on one drive, and all
your data on another drive. Having both on the same
drive is not good server practice.

 

[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,

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Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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| Can I delete, safely, and of the following folders with no consequence to
my
| Windows 2000 server System:?
|
| 1. C:\WINNT\ServicePackFiles\i386
| 2. Where are the Downloaded Automatic Update files stored? I have a
bunch
| of them and would like to delete them and install 1 at a time.
| 3. Any other files or directories you might suggest besides the basic
| temporary directoried, would be greatly appreciated.
|
| Thanks in advance for the help!!!!