Can you delete i386 folder

So why should you keep it on your hard drive, too? The answer is that whenever you connect a piece of hardware to your computer, it will search for the correct driver to "talk" to the hardware. For instance, if you connect a new mouse, Windows will search for the files it needs to communicate with the mouse.

These files are in the i folder. Most times, it will search in there automatically, find the correct files, and just work - all without any intervention from you. However, if you delete the i folder, your PC won't know where the needed files are.

So it will pop-up a box asking you for your Windows CD. Every time. Javascript Disabled Detected You currently have javascript disabled. Please log in to reply. Posted 13 August - AM. SRX motto - Just get-er-done Technician 4, posts. The I directory is not the directory that Windows actually runs from, but rather it contains a copy of Windows that you can setup from.

Originally it was simply a copy of the I directory from your installation CD. You'll probably find "setup.

Since Windows doesn't run from that directory, it's actually not required to be around at all. You can delete it, and Windows will still continue to run.

But Wait! You still, really, don't want to delete it. At least not without saving a copy of it somewhere, somehow. You see, when you install new hardware, Windows will try to install the drivers for it, from your original Windows installation CD-ROM. And of course if your computer didn't come with a Windows CD-ROM as I believe it always should, though not all manufacturers do , the I directory may be the only place these files are available.

So don't delete it. Move it somewhere else instead. If you have a second hard disk that has room, great. I'm a computer person, i am not a newbie.

When I open the folder I Seriously do not know what this folder is. Please tell me I want to know. All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Replies 6. Denny Denham 7 Thorium. It is probably on the hard disk to make it easy to access those file without having to insert the CD into the drive. To verify that it will be used in that manner you can check its reference in the registry. You navigate the registry the same way you navigate the nested folders in Windows Explorer.

I did go to the registry subkey as you instructed me to. When I went There Which Registry Entrie was it? I didn't want to change it. What Entrie should i change Science Rules 66, The entry should be named SourcePath.