Guest Bruce Posted September 26, 2007 Posted September 26, 2007 I am running out of space on server's C drive and so I ran the WinDirStat application to see what directory was using up the most space. FYI this server is a DC and it is my WINS and DNS server as well. What I have uncovered is that the C:\WINNT\Installer directory is over 2GB in size. Would I cause serious harm or damage to my server if I deleted the *.msp files and others from this directory? Thank you in advance for any suggestions.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted September 26, 2007 Posted September 26, 2007 Re: C Drive Question "Bruce" <Bruce@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:C7F91CED-8A41-450B-B16C-C6A2DBBA2252@microsoft.com... >I am running out of space on server's C drive and so I ran the WinDirStat > application to see what directory was using up the most space. FYI this > server is a DC and it is my WINS and DNS server as well. What I have > uncovered is that the C:\WINNT\Installer directory is over 2GB in size. > Would I cause serious harm or damage to my server if I deleted the *.msp > files and others from this directory? Thank you in advance for any > suggestions. You could move these files to another drive so that you still have them in case you need them later on. However, this is at best a band-aid measure. You will soon run out of space again. Best to grab the nettle with both hands and get a larger disk. Disk space is cheap!
Guest Bruce Posted September 26, 2007 Posted September 26, 2007 Re: C Drive Question I agree this is just a band-aid but it is one I need until I can get a larger drive installed. Thank you for the input. "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote: > > "Bruce" <Bruce@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:C7F91CED-8A41-450B-B16C-C6A2DBBA2252@microsoft.com... > >I am running out of space on server's C drive and so I ran the WinDirStat > > application to see what directory was using up the most space. FYI this > > server is a DC and it is my WINS and DNS server as well. What I have > > uncovered is that the C:\WINNT\Installer directory is over 2GB in size. > > Would I cause serious harm or damage to my server if I deleted the *.msp > > files and others from this directory? Thank you in advance for any > > suggestions. > > You could move these files to another drive so that you still have > them in case you need them later on. However, this is at best a > band-aid measure. You will soon run out of space again. Best > to grab the nettle with both hands and get a larger disk. Disk space > is cheap! > > >
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