ok to move/delete i386 folder?

[Guest]

Hi

I have a Windows 2000 server, C: drive has 4 Gb capacity but we are running
low on space - down to 300 Mbs. The Service Pack/i386 folder in the Winnt
directory is taking up 255 Mbs and we could use that space. Is it ok to move
this folder to another partition? My guess is that we only need that folder
if we are re-installing Service Pack 4?

Thanks

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "pakia" <[email protected]>

| Hi
|
| I have a Windows 2000 server, C: drive has 4 Gb capacity but we are running
| low on space - down to 300 Mbs. The Service Pack/i386 folder in the Winnt
| directory is taking up 255 Mbs and we could use that space. Is it ok to move
| this folder to another partition? My guess is that we only need that folder
| if we are re-installing Service Pack 4?
|
| Thanks

If that is the FULL Installation i386 directory yes, it can be moved. It is needed whenever
yo chage hardware or modyfy the OS.
Mine BTW is closer to 300MB but I have slip-streamed SP1 --> SP4 into it.

If you do change its location, you should also chage the Registry to pint to its new
location.
For example if you moved it to the root of Drive "D:"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup

Change the key; SourcePath
to; d:\

This way the OS will find the files and not ask for the CDROM when they can't be found.

 

[Kevin McNiel [MSFT]]

Another thing you could consider, if you haven't already done so, is moving
the paging file from the C drive, which it defaults to. The downside to this
is that you lose the ability to write a memory dump if your server crashes,
so take that in to consideration before you move it from C.

Kevin McNiel, MCSE/MCSA
Platform Server Setup Group

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