What exactly is the i386 directory for?

[dcpsoguy]

in windows XP.. and can it be deleted?

 

[pulse8]

It's where Microsoft stores all the viruses.

 

[dcpsoguy]

Originally posted by: pulse8
It's where Microsoft stores all the viruses.

I was looking for more of a serious response.

 

[kyparrish]

You don't need it, you can delete it.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: dcpsoguy

Originally posted by: pulse8
It's where Microsoft stores all the viruses.

I was looking for more of a serious response.

It's where Microsoft stores all the serious viruses?

 

[Maximilian]

Originally posted by: kyparrish
You don't need it, you can delete it.

:thumbsup:

 

[McGyver]

mostly cab, and installation files for backups and future add-ons.

 

[FoBoT]

it is the installation files

you can delete them as long as you never need them again

so you should at least burn them to cd and keep it around in case it ever asked you for the directory sometime

if you add/remove certain things like IIS it will ask for those files so if you delete them and don't have a copy , you could be SOL

 

[pulse8]

Originally posted by: dcpsoguy

Originally posted by: pulse8
It's where Microsoft stores all the viruses.

I was looking for more of a serious response.

Oh...Wrong forum, then. 😉

 

[MrDudeMan]

who cares? its like 100mb and would be such a hassle if you ever needed it again

 

[Eeezee]

You don't need it and probably never will. If for some reason your OS is borked, there's no reason to beat around the bush and try to repair it; back up the data and reformat the drive.