Guest Paul P-L Posted July 21, 2008 Posted July 21, 2008 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 Posted July 21, 2008 Posted July 21, 2008 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 Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm > 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.
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