Files safe to delete/move/remove?

[Guest blankmonkey]

I am tryin gto free up space on some old servers, and want to delete some

files, can anyone tell me if these are safe to delete/move/remove;

 

C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG\Hotfix

(other SQL files that I might be able to move?)

C:\Windows\installer\$PatchCache$\

C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\

C:\Windows\ie7updates\

 

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For others who stumble across this forum, here is what I have found so far;

 

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These are NOT save to delete, leave these files alone

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X C:\windows\installer can NOT be removed, although duplicate files ca be

removed. this is used for uninstalls and installs of new apps

X C:\windows\assembly can NOT be removed, this is a .NET folder, do not

play with or compress

X $hf_mig$ can NOT be removed, although it can be compressed. this

directory tells future updates what has already been done

 

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These are safe to be moved/deleted/removed

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O $Ntxxxxxxx$ files can be removed from the c:\windows directory

O Attempt to move the page file

O Run the disk clean up utility, and compress old files, and empty the

recycle bins

O The temp directories in the user profiles can be cleaned out, also

check the desktops for downloaded apps for their setup file

O C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Installations\ These should be safe to remove,

but probably a good idea to leave them alone as the updates may need them, be

careful here.

O Ok to delete log files for Symantec

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\Symantec

AntiVirus Corporate Edition\7.5\Logs

Configure History in SSC, right click server>all tasks>Antivirus>Configure

history

C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\Reporting

Agents\Win32\ReporterSvc.log

O Quarantine files can be removed from Symantec, usually here;

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\Symantec

AntiVirus Corporate Edition\7.5\Quarantine

O Ok to delete zip files from Symantec, and actually all files in here

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application

Data\Symantec\LiveUpdate\Downloads

O IIS web logs ok to remove C:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\W3SVC1

There is no option to do this automatically, this must be scripted

O Log ok to remove C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\Logs\FrameWork.log

There is no option to do this automatically, this must be scripted