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From: BobS on 21 May 2010 19:52 This actually applies to Windows Servers as well as Windows XP. As happens, as updates are downloaded and applied, the size of the Windows folder continues to grow with $NtUninstallKB..... files and a folder $hf_mig$. I generally delete the $NtUninstallKB... folders after awhile, but is it safe to delete old KB folders in the $hf_mig$ folder. Is there a setting somewhere that will purge things here as space is needed? Thanks in advance, Bob Showalter, Packer International
From: Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] on 22 May 2010 12:50 No, leave the $hf_mig$ alone. On servers that are really tight on space, I copy the $NTUninstallKB folders to an external USB drive, then I delete them from the server. That way, I can uninstall those patches in the future if the need arises (assuming I have enough disk space on the server to copy them back and then do the uninstall). No 'setting' that I know of that will 'purge' things. -- Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] ============================ "BobS" <PackerIntl(a)gmail.com> wrote in message news:554F4533-30EB-4BAC-B76C-65C9B174E07C(a)microsoft.com... > This actually applies to Windows Servers as well as Windows XP. As > happens, > as updates are downloaded and applied, the size of the Windows folder > continues to grow with $NtUninstallKB..... files and a folder $hf_mig$. > > I generally delete the $NtUninstallKB... folders after awhile, but is it > safe to delete old KB folders in the $hf_mig$ folder. Is there a setting > somewhere that will purge things here as space is needed? > > Thanks in advance, > > Bob Showalter, Packer International >
From: BobS on 22 May 2010 16:57 As always, thanks for the reply. Any other suggestions if a SBS is running short on drive c:. I have moved the Exchange database, client programs, .... all over to one of the data drives on the server. Curse the day when MFGRs thought it was OK to send out a preinstalled server w/ only a 12 GB OS partition. Must be time to redo. -- Bob Showalter Packer International "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote: > No, leave the $hf_mig$ alone. On servers that are really tight on space, I > copy the $NTUninstallKB folders to an external USB drive, then I delete them > from the server. That way, I can uninstall those patches in the future if > the need arises (assuming I have enough disk space on the server to copy > them back and then do the uninstall). No 'setting' that I know of that will > 'purge' things. > > -- > Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] > ============================ > > "BobS" <PackerIntl(a)gmail.com> wrote in message > news:554F4533-30EB-4BAC-B76C-65C9B174E07C(a)microsoft.com... > > This actually applies to Windows Servers as well as Windows XP. As > > happens, > > as updates are downloaded and applied, the size of the Windows folder > > continues to grow with $NtUninstallKB..... files and a folder $hf_mig$. > > > > I generally delete the $NtUninstallKB... folders after awhile, but is it > > safe to delete old KB folders in the $hf_mig$ folder. Is there a setting > > somewhere that will purge things here as space is needed? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Bob Showalter, Packer International > > > . >
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 22 May 2010 17:23 IN RE WinXP SP3 only: See this discussion => http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=33827 BobS wrote: > This actually applies to Windows Servers as well as Windows XP. As > happens, > as updates are downloaded and applied, the size of the Windows folder > continues to grow with $NtUninstallKB..... files and a folder $hf_mig$. > > I generally delete the $NtUninstallKB... folders after awhile, but is it > safe to delete old KB folders in the $hf_mig$ folder. Is there a setting > somewhere that will purge things here as space is needed? > > Thanks in advance, > > Bob Showalter, Packer International
From: Larry Struckmeyer[SBS-MVP] on 22 May 2010 18:06
Hi Bob: 12 is a bit light. Most folks suggest using a disk partitioning utility to reallocate some space to the system partition. the only officially supported method is to use backup and restore, but the imaging and partitioning utililities seem to work ok. Have you seen my missive on moving things. Search for freeing up space on drive C, or post back and I will put it up again. - Larry Please post the resolution to your issue so others may benefit - Get Your SBS Health Check at www.sbsbpa.com > As always, thanks for the reply. Any other suggestions if a SBS is > running short on drive c:. I have moved the Exchange database, client > programs, .... all over to one of the data drives on the server. > > Curse the day when MFGRs thought it was OK to send out a preinstalled > server w/ only a 12 GB OS partition. Must be time to redo. > > "Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]" wrote: > >> No, leave the $hf_mig$ alone. On servers that are really tight on >> space, I copy the $NTUninstallKB folders to an external USB drive, >> then I delete them from the server. That way, I can uninstall those >> patches in the future if the need arises (assuming I have enough disk >> space on the server to copy them back and then do the uninstall). No >> 'setting' that I know of that will 'purge' things. >> >> -- >> Merv Porter [SBS-MVP] >> ============================ >> "BobS" <PackerIntl(a)gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:554F4533-30EB-4BAC-B76C-65C9B174E07C(a)microsoft.com... >> >>> This actually applies to Windows Servers as well as Windows XP. As >>> happens, >>> as updates are downloaded and applied, the size of the Windows >>> folder >>> continues to grow with $NtUninstallKB..... files and a folder >>> $hf_mig$. >>> I generally delete the $NtUninstallKB... folders after awhile, but >>> is it safe to delete old KB folders in the $hf_mig$ folder. Is >>> there a setting somewhere that will purge things here as space is >>> needed? >>> >>> Thanks in advance, >>> >>> Bob Showalter, Packer International >>> >> . >> |