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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
 
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.



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Merv Porter [SBS-MVP]

============================



"BobS" wrote in message

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> 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

>
 
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" wrote in message

> news:554F4533-30EB-4BAC-B76C-65C9B174E07C@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

> >

> .

>
 
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.





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> 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" wrote in message

>> news:554F4533-30EB-4BAC-B76C-65C9B174E07C@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

>>>

>> .

>>
 
In news:F0387A51-5C70-4FA8-8337-4B25732C08DB@microsoft.com,

BobS typed:

> 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.

>

>> 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" wrote in message

>> news:554F4533-30EB-4BAC-B76C-65C9B174E07C@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

>>>

>> .



If you're at the point where removing updates and SP uninstall files is

useful to you, you are woefully in need of increasing the size of that

drive. If you don't have at least 15% free space, you can't even do a defrag

effecitvely, and your pagefile is probably struggling to keep up.

Drives are so cheap these days that IMO there is no excuse to not get a

larger drive and clone your OS to it. I have a few unique applications, but

I have 50 Gig avalable for my OS drive and it's not all that much extra

space. It's hovering around 30% right now. I've also maxxed out RAM to stop

most use of the pagefile, and placed the pagefile on another physical drive

that has lots of room. I'd think you'd at least want 500 Gig or maybe only

360 Gig of drive space, but ... you sure do need a larger boot drive!



HTH,



Twayne`
 
"BobS" écrivait

news:554F4533-30EB-4BAC-B76C-65C9B174E07C@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

>

>



I have 217 $NtUnistallKBxxxxxx folders in my Windows folder and they take

just above 640 MB of space.



Are you that limited in space? if so maybe it's time to consider replacing

your HD.



http://www.newegg.com/Store/SubCategory.aspx?SubCategory=14&name=Internal-

Hard-Drives



I don't want to spam, I put that link just as an example, there are other

places and the prices are about the same.
 
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