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Hello folks, I'm sorting out someone's new dell desktop, and it's got a folder called i386 on the c:drive.

Which means that when we do an acronis image backup, not only is the file size enormous, but it ages to do :0

Can we safely move the i386 elsewhere, such as to another partition or an ext hard disc..??

Thanks,

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Though these files are also located on your Windows installation CD (if you have one), I recommend you not delete anything located here. Deleting these files won’t recover much room, and the convenience of having the files there save a lot of time for us techie-types.

Do you have the CD?

Moving it to another partition is possible, however when installing other s/ware or h/ware windows may throw a fit at not finding the i386 folder where it expects it.

My i386 folder is only 465mb, not a great deal of space saved, however acronis may not compress it very well as I think the files are already in a compressed state. (may be talking through my hat though).

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