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Windows has a tool called "Disk Cleanup" (German: Datenträgerbereinigung).
There it lists "Debug Dump Files" which can be deleted.
Unfortunately it doesn't tell me which files are meant. It can't be only the folder C:\Windows\Minidump because in my case it tells me that it would delete 5.65 GB, but the Minidump Folder only contains some KB.
Where are the files located which will be deleted?
And of course, as soon as I post I figure out the answer...
There a number of people suffering similar problems (2005 as well) and solutions range from scripts to SPs and to hotfixes.
Mine was much simpler - I'd specified '.BAK' as the extension, rather than 'BAK'!
It's a bit of a 'Doh!' moments, but nevertheless, I'd have hoped that the GUI would have either handled the situation or at least complained to me about the problem.
Anyway, problem solved...
Best Answer
I analyzed the file system during deletion process. Basically the Folder
C:\Windows\Minidumpwas not touched at all. It deleted the fileC:\Windows\MEMORY.DMPand freed up several Gigabyte.