I386 folder in the wrong location

[Guest]

I have no idea whatsoever how it happened, or when, except that it has been
at least a year, that the system folder I386 got located under a
subdirectory that I created to store certain text documents.

C:\Documents and Settings\Lynn&Kathy\My Documents\Cecil\Discharge 31 Dec
1959\I386
I haphazardly selected a couple of files/folders located in this specific
I386 folder; WINNTUPG and FSFILTER.DLL. I did a search for them, and
determined that they existed nowhere but in this subdirectory that I created
in My Documents. Other folders, such as those named SYSTEM32, seem to be
located many places.

Where should the I386 folder that contains such files/folders as WINNTUPG
and FSFILTER.DLL be located? If the OS has been working for at least a year
with this I386 folder in the wrong place, should I "leave well enough alone?
If I should relocate it, how should I proceed?

 

[Jim]

I have no idea whatsoever how it happened, or when, except that it has been
at least a year, that the system folder I386 got located under a
subdirectory that I created to store certain text documents.

C:\Documents and Settings\Lynn&Kathy\My Documents\Cecil\Discharge 31 Dec
1959\I386
I haphazardly selected a couple of files/folders located in this specific
I386 folder; WINNTUPG and FSFILTER.DLL. I did a search for them, and
determined that they existed nowhere but in this subdirectory that I
created in My Documents. Other folders, such as those named SYSTEM32,
seem to be located many places.

Where should the I386 folder that contains such files/folders as WINNTUPG
and FSFILTER.DLL be located? If the OS has been working for at least a
year with this I386 folder in the wrong place, should I "leave well enough
alone? If I should relocate it, how should I proceed?

The \i386 folder is located on the system drive. This is the location for
backup Windows files.
It is unlikely that the system would ever find the folder in this location.
However, before you do anything, search for those names to determine what
they might be.
As it is rather suspicious that your system has several folders named
SYSTEM32, your system may be infected, and you need to run a malware scan.
Jim

 

[Guest]

I cannot be sure that there is supposed to only one folder named "SYSTEM32."
a "File Locator Pro" search reveals:
C:\Documents and Settings\Lynn&Kathy\Desktop\seldom USED\EN-World\System32
2/28/2008:

C:\Documents and Settings\Lynn&Kathy\My Documents\Cecil\Discharge 31 Dec
1959\I386\SYSTEM32 5/2/2008

C:\OP16Std\Prerequisite\System32 2/28/2008

C:\Program Files\pebuilder3110a\BartPE\I386\SYSTEM32 5/19/2008

C:\WINDOWS\system32 9/29/2008

Also, there are folders named "I386" in several locations. My concern is
that there is no I386 at C: root, nor C:\Windows. I repeat that the OS has
been functioning for at least a full year with this I386 located in a My
Documents subfolder. Subfolders under this particular I386 are $OEM$, ASMS,
COMPDATA, DRW, LANG, SYSTEM32, AND WINNTUPG. Under WINNTUPG are subfolders
ENTINF, MS, OEM, PERINF, & SRVINF.

It seems to me that I could use advise about whether to move the specific
I386 folder under My Documents\ . . . to another location. Or, delete it.
Or as I wrote before, leave well enough alone.