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hotspex
Starting Member

2 Posts

Posted - 2009-08-06 : 13:55:00

hi,

When we purchased our SQL server from Dell, the server came with an OS partition of only 12 GB.

After numerous MS updates, the OS disk is down to 2 GB free. I've used Update Cleanup to remove some of the unncessary files, but was hoping to free up more space. Most of the usage is in the Windows folder. Specifically I have the following folders using about 8 GB of space:

$hf_mig$ = 1.2GB
AMD64 = 453MB
assembly = 1.5GB
installer = 2.8GB
ServicePackFiles = 865MB
system32 = 1.4GB

I know I can't move system32 folder...but can I safely move any of the other folders to one of my other drives (data drive has about 50 GB free)

thanks in advance.

jholovacs
Posting Yak Master

163 Posts

Posted - 2009-08-06 : 15:08:22

Umm... yes this is a SQL Server Administration forum, but your question is much more a Windows Administration question; SQL Server Administration referring to the software configuration and utilization.

That being said, you may look at a third-party tool like Partition Magic that will grow your OS partition. That should be considerably less painful than moving data directories, I would think.

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russell
Pyro-ma-ni-yak

5072 Posts

Posted - 2009-08-06 : 15:35:39

You'll need to stop SQL Services and make sure you have full backup of databases as well as backup of your C: drive.

Should have repartitioned it before installing SQL but that's water under the bridge now. I never create OS part less than 33GB

hotspex
Starting Member

2 Posts

Posted - 2009-08-06 : 18:31:13

thanks for the feedback guys. I inherited the server, so it already has SQL on it. And I apologize for posting in an SQL forum - seems related :)

thanks though.

russell
Pyro-ma-ni-yak

5072 Posts

Posted - 2009-08-06 : 19:11:50

i agree that it is related. it's a valid SQL Admin question. feel free to post away.

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