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by kurt g

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I have an Exchange 5.5 server running on a WinNT 4.0 server. The C:\ drive is constantly running low on space, despite my efforts to relieve the problem (running Exchange Optimizer, etc.). I noticed that several folders have hundreds of MB of data, and I want to know if I can safely delete or move these files. Specifically, they are C:\exchsrvr\imcdata\in\archive and C:\exchsrvr\imcdata\log. I would like to move these to the E:\ drive if possible, but cannot risk any damage as this is a production server.

Thanks much,
Kurt G.

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by ronnonf

Here is the quote and link from technet.
http://www.microsoft.com/TechNet/exchange/2505ch10.asp

"If the Message Archival category is set to either Medium or Maximum, a text file copy of all incoming messages is saved to the \exchsrvr\IMCdata\in\archive directory. All outgoing messages are save to the \exchsrvr\IMCdata\out\archive directory.

These text files contain the message header and message contents. While this is useful for troubleshooting and some companies require records of allInternet messages to be kept, this can take up a tremendous amount of disk space very quickly. If you are using this feature, consider turning on NTFS compression for both \archive directories, and don't forget to archive these files often. These directories should also have restricted NTFS permissions, because all inbound and outbound Internet messages are stored in these directories, and the data can be viewed by anyone who can connect to the Exchange server's hard drives."

by spydergst1

If you can't move the files to the e: drive then you might want to move your pagefile to the e: drive. Depending on how much ram you have will determine how much free space you gian from the move.

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