Hi Cindy,

As Nicholas stated, it is unwise to delete the folder, however if you =
burn it to CD for safekeeping and later use, yes it is ok. The folder is =
not accessed in normal operation, just in recovery operations.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Cindy" wrote in message =
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Thanks Rick - much appreciated - If I have my original XP CD, can I =
delete
this folder safely then re-download the SP??
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Alternatively, can I burn the c:\I386 onto a CD?
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Altrenative 2, have I, in some way, mis-applied some service pack to =
create
this directory? I did another check on Technet but figured that I =
followed
everything correctly.
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Kind regards to you nick for your very helpful advice.
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Cindy.
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"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote in message
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Hi Cindy,
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Leave that folder alone. It contains your backup system files, likely =
placed
on the hard drive so that you can access them if needed by your system
makers recovery software. If you need to replace a system file, or if =
one is
needed to be added to the system, you will need that folder, as the =
files in
the recovery software are not likely to be directly accessible =
otherwise.
SP1 does not replace ALL system files, just certain ones.
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Best of Luck,
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Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
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"Cindy" wrote in message
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Just applied SP1 etc. - Can I now delete this folder?

Thanks in advance (cross posted to Win2KPRO)

Cindy


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