Thankyou Rick and Nick.

Much appreciated.

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote in message
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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??

Alternatively, can I burn the c:\I386 onto a CD?

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.

Kind regards to you nick for your very helpful advice.

Cindy.

"Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote in message
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Hi Cindy,

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,

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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Just applied SP1 etc. - Can I now delete this folder?

Thanks in advance (cross posted to Win2KPRO)

Cindy