Freeing Up HD Space on Windows 2003 DNS Server

[Guest Paul P-L]

I need to free up some room on the c: drive of a Windows 2003 SP1 DNS Server

so I can add some Windows Updates. (It was built a few years ago w/a 4GB c:

partition and I have 311MB left. I do have 9GB free on the e: partition.) I

noticed that the c:\Winnt\SoftwareDistribution\Download folder is taking up

1.2GB. Can I delete this folder safely, or move it to the e: partition w/o

breaking anything? How about the c:\winnt\ServicePackFiles folder. Can I

move, delete, or empty that one?

Thanks.

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: Freeing Up HD Space on Windows 2003 DNS Server

 

Hello Paul P-L,

 

Run diskcleanup utility first. Also you can delete the complete Softwaredistribution

folder without any problem, only used during the update. To delete it stop

the Automatic update service, delete it and start the automatic update service

again. The folder structure will be recreated but is now empty. You can also

delete the KBxxxxxx folders, but then you can not uninstall the patch where

it is related to. If you have no problem with this, it's fine to delete them,

minimum folder to keep is th $hfmig$. If you are not sure about deleting

them you can also move them to another location and if you need to uninstall

one just copy it back to the default location.

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

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> I need to free up some room on the c: drive of a Windows 2003 SP1 DNS

> Server

> so I can add some Windows Updates. (It was built a few years ago w/a

> 4GB c:

> partition and I have 311MB left. I do have 9GB free on the e:

> partition.) I

> noticed that the c:\Winnt\SoftwareDistribution\Download folder is

> taking up

> 1.2GB. Can I delete this folder safely, or move it to the e:

> partition w/o

> breaking anything? How about the c:\winnt\ServicePackFiles folder.

> Can I

> move, delete, or empty that one?

> Thanks.