ServicePackFiles folder : safe to delete ?

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Pivert

Hi,

WinXP SP1a

It it safe to delete the ServicePackFiles folder ? It contains about 300Mb
of files in a folder named i386.
I have an image of my system partition and want to keep it as small as
possible for backup / imaging purposes ( to be able to burn it on one disk).

Phil
 
If is not wise to delete this folder as it contains the 'cab' files etc for
SP1a. If you delete it you will loose functionality of sp1a and may cause
other problems.
 
Pivert said:
WinXP SP1a

It it safe to delete the ServicePackFiles folder ? It contains about 300Mb
of files in a folder named i386.
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It contains the service pack file versions for use in preference to ones
from the original CD if needed by File Protection/SFC/New Hardware etc.
On an NTFS drive a useful amount of space can be saved by compressing
it. What you can do if you have a CD burner is burn the complete folder
to a CD, then run regedit.exe and at

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup

Change the value of ServicePackSourcePath in the right pane to reflect
the drive. Best if you have 2 drives, and can have the original
SourcePath on one and this on the other
 
Interesting idea !
Thanks !
Phil

Alex Nichol said:
It contains the service pack file versions for use in preference to ones
from the original CD if needed by File Protection/SFC/New Hardware etc.
On an NTFS drive a useful amount of space can be saved by compressing
it. What you can do if you have a CD burner is burn the complete folder
to a CD, then run regedit.exe and at

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup

Change the value of ServicePackSourcePath in the right pane to reflect
the drive. Best if you have 2 drives, and can have the original
SourcePath on one and this on the other
Click to expand...
 
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