November 27, 2010 at 6:49 pm
I'm having a small battle with disk space on the drive where I've installed Sql/Server 2005.
There are several large files in the \Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\90\Setup Bootstrap\LOG directory structure.
They're all dated November of 2008. Can I delete these files without causing harm to my installation?
Thanks,
Joel
November 27, 2010 at 8:52 pm
Yes. All the files in that directory can be safely deleted. These are the files which have information regarding the installation/hotfix applied to SQL Server.
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November 28, 2010 at 10:07 am
How large are the files? You should be able to delete them, but I wouldn't expect large files from setup.
January 10, 2018 at 1:48 pm
Steve Jones - SSC Editor - Sunday, November 28, 2010 10:07 AMHow large are the files? You should be able to delete them, but I wouldn't expect large files from setup.
They can certainly add up over many updates (SPs, CUs). I have 4 versions of SQL Server on my laptop, have applied the latest SPs and some CUs, and have almost 2 GB in just over 9,000 files (across the 4 Log folders). I have posted the details, including stats for the Update Cache folder, in the following DBA.StackExchange question:
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