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microaideinc:<br />
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In a word, NO!<br />
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SYSVOL in integral to the functioning of Active Directory.<br />
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You might try Raxco's defrag tool PerfectDisk, which does allow for an offline defrag of usually-locked files.<br />
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HTH<br />
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MidnightOne
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microaideinc:

In a word, NO!

SYSVOL in integral to the functioning of Active Directory.

You might try Raxco's defrag tool PerfectDisk, which does allow for an offline defrag of usually-locked files.

HTH

MidnightOne

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in two words, hell no! Sysvol isnt just integral, its the foundation of AD
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in two words, hell no! Sysvol isnt just integral, its the foundation of AD

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**grin** i dont feel like a turkey i swear **grin** i saw SYSVOL and flipped ha!
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**grin** i dont feel like a turkey i swear **grin** i saw SYSVOL and flipped ha!

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Sorry - shoulda followed up. Shadow Copies setup is found on the &quot;Shadow Copies&quot; tab on the disk volume properties. You could also just limit the space it can use. <br />
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Sorry - shoulda followed up. Shadow Copies setup is found on the "Shadow Copies" tab on the disk volume properties. You could also just limit the space it can use.



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Recommend harleydj for the points, as his answer is correct.
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Recommend harleydj for the points, as his answer is correct.

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I'm trying to defrag a clients sbs2003 server. I cannot achieve better then 17% fragmentation because of fragmentation in the system volume folder. Can the contents of this folder be deleted safely. 
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I'm trying to defrag a clients sbs2003 server. I cannot achieve better then 17% fragmentation because of fragmentation in the system volume folder. Can the contents of this folder be deleted safely. 

Deleting System Volume Folder for defrag

Windows Server 2003 was based on Windows XP and was released in four editions: Web, Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter. It also had derivative versions for clusters, storage and Microsoft’s Small Business Server. Important upgrades included integrating Internet Information Services (IIS), improvements to Active Directory (AD) and Group Policy (GP), and the migration to Automated System Recovery (ASR).