...mysterious folders appeared...

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Recently I fitted a 3rd SATA II hard disk connected to a 2 port SATAII pci-e
x1 card, and I've just noticed that three folders have appeared on it :-

3cc867c09f61477e3875f2726b
....and two others with directory names similar to that above, inside two are
folders called "update" with files called update.exe in them, and the third
one also has a file called setupapi.dll

Any idea what's going on here, as my XP Home ed. pathname variables have not
been changed recently ?

i..e why would XP start taking making use of my new hd when theres' tons of
room on the others ?

regards, Richard
 
Recently I fitted a 3rd SATA II hard disk connected to a 2 port SATAII pci-e
x1 card, and I've just noticed that three folders have appeared on it :-

3cc867c09f61477e3875f2726b
...and two others with directory names similar to that above, inside two are
folders called "update" with files called update.exe in them, and the third
one also has a file called setupapi.dll

Any idea what's going on here, as my XP Home ed. pathname variables have not
been changed recently ?

i..e why would XP start taking making use of my new hd when theres' tons of
room on the others ?

regards, Richard
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New hhd & m'board/bios recognising each other.
 
Recently I fitted a 3rd SATA II hard disk connected to a 2 port SATAII
pci-e
x1 card, and I've just noticed that three folders have appeared on it :-

3cc867c09f61477e3875f2726b
...and two others with directory names similar to that above, inside two
are
folders called "update" with files called update.exe in them, and the
third
one also has a file called setupapi.dll

Any idea what's going on here, as my XP Home ed. pathname variables have
not
been changed recently ?

i..e why would XP start taking making use of my new hd when theres' tons
of
room on the others ?

regards, Richard
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New hhd & m'board/bios recognising each other.

....many thanks, ...

regards, Richard
 
The 2 subfolders containing "update" were created when the system
installed Windows updates. They *should* have been deleted when the
system was rebooted. The reason they were written to the newer HD was
that it has the *most* available free space. That's just the way
Automatic Updates uses free space, even if there's 'tons of room on the
others'.

As to the 3rd folder ... did you disable System Restore on the drive ?
If not, that's the most likely culprit for it being created.

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