Re: SBS2003 SP1 Installation Files - Can I remove?

I have followed both suggestions and combined, they created an additional
1/2 gb of space. Thanks for your quality response.

"Steve Foster [SBS MVP]" <steve.foster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Kathleen Atkins wrote:
>
>> I have 2 locations of what seem to be installation files for SP1 for our
> SBS
>> 2003 that was applied this weekend: c:\Windows\$NtService Pack Uninstall$
>> and c:\windows\Service Pack Files.
>>
>> Can they be deleted now? The update appears to have installed correctly.
> I
>> need the space on that volume!
>
> You can archive the %NTServicePackUninstall$ files off somewhere (these
> are only needed if you uninstall the service pack for any reason).
>
> The ServicePackFiles folder is needed, as it acts as a supplementary
> install source for future system modifications (eg add RIS , Mac Services,
> etc). You can safely set the folder to be compressed by NTFS, though (mind
> you, it probably won't compress much).
>
> --
> Steve Foster [SBS MVP]
> ---------------------------------------
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