1386?????

[Guest]

hi all
i have a folder on my local disk called 1386 can anyone please explain
what this folder is for. thank you

 

[Bob I]

In a nutshell it is i386 folder and is used to provide file restore for
the operating system.

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi RobLee,

This is the folder that Windows XP stores it's setup files. This saves
from inserting the CD when a setup files is needed.

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "Bert Kinney" <[email protected]>

| Hi RobLee,
|
| This is the folder that Windows XP stores it's setup files. This saves
| from inserting the CD when a setup files is needed.
|
| --
| Regards,
| Bert Kinney MS-MVP Shell/User
| http://dts-l.org/
|

To add to this reply...

If you update the OS with a Service Pack, you also need to slip-stream the i386 folder with
that Service Pack.

In the Registry...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup
the key; SourcePath
should point to the location of the i386 folder.

So if the folder is; c:\i386
SourcePath = c:\

 

[Guest]

thank's all, much appreciated