Can I safely delete C:\Documents and Settings\[SQL Server service account user] folder?
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I have a small server that I've installed SQL2008 on, and cannot run SP1 as there is not enough space on C:
I created users for the SQL Server, SQL Agent and Reporting Services service accounts to run under, and Windows has created entries for them all in C:\Documents and Settings. For some reason the Default user has a large profile so each of these folders are 85MB in size
Are these in any way necessary for the running of SQL Server? Can I delete them to free up 250MB of space so I can (hopefully) run the SP1?
Thank you.
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You may safely move that folder to some other location. In SQL Server 2000, there was a dependency on this folder, since it used to store the Outlook configuration used in SQLMail.
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Things I usually check on a client site are:
Tempdb and other system databases on the C: drive - these can (and should) be moved away from the system partition
The Windows Pagefile is on C: by default.
Undersized system drives used to be the bane of my life at a previous company - everyone underestimates how big modern OS's and all their service packs/hot fixes get
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HowardW (8/3/2010)
Things I usually check on a client site are:Tempdb and other system databases on the C: drive - these can (and should) be moved away from the system partition
All good with those
The Windows Pagefile is on C: by default.
Yep - that's the next thing we're trying. That's about 1.5GB, if it still runs out of space after that I will explode!
Undersized system drives used to be the bane of my life at a previous company - everyone underestimates how big modern OS's and all their service packs/hot fixes get
Oh, I hear you. Our standard issue C drives seem to be 8GB.
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