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Files safe to delete/move/remove? 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\ (((((((((())))))))))))) For others who stumble across this forum, here is what I have found so far; ****** These are NOT save to delete, leave these files alone ****** 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 ******* These are safe to be moved/deleted/removed ******* 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 |
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