What is i386 in windows xp

Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Last reply by Libra1 Unsolved. Science Rules 6 2 Bronze. What is the i Folder in the C: Drive? I do not know what it is. I'm a computer person, i am not a newbie. When I open the folder I Seriously do not know what this folder is. Please tell me I want to know.

All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. While the files Ella mentioned are most likely the same, I recommend she keep both files on her computer. The folders Pat mentions contain similarly-named files that may be slightly different from each other. But my recommendation is still to keep them. And the short answer to these questions?

And if you have multiple i folders, this is a way of keeping different versions of similar files, very handy to have in certain troubleshooting and repair situations. You see, when you install new hardware, Windows will try to install the drivers for it, from your original Windows installation CD-ROM. Move it somewhere else instead. If you have a second hard disk that has room, great. My name is Milica Pantic but everyone calls me Mitz.

Hope you enjoy my website and learn everything you need to know in an easy to understand way.. Tips4pc Youtube Channel. I just wanted to thank you for the info included in this post. I followed your instructions to the letter, and freed up some very much needed space on my system partition. Thank you! If so, should I copy and paste it into my Sony C: drive. Hi Leo — My registry does not have the folder SourcePath. What should I do — can I just create a folder in the registry with this name?

Im running xp pro sp3, Ive tried changing that registry location to my I folder correctly but sfc still demands the cd. Now it just shows the same retry demands as it did the 1st time and I can tell that the Op system is slowly getting more corrupted.

I have burned a cd with the iso of SP3, also I have tried several other things…till I formatted my HD and installed it allover, a new install…. Was it corrupt when I bought it? Though i like XP… Do you recognise the problem?

Best regards. Having read your article about telling Windows where to find the I folder, I did not remember seeing I in the C: directory on my Laptop, so I checked and, then, did a search. I found 50 folders entitled I or i, varying from a few Kb to Mb! Is it normal or common for proprietary programs to use i folders? These rouge folders were, all, dated May and contained 0kb of data, so what I did to get them is a mystery — unless you have any ideas!

I did manage to delete them. Tony None of the things you mentioned is of any particular concern, unless you are having other problems with your computer. I refers to the Intel or processor, the first 32 bit processor. Comments violating those rules will be removed. Comments that don't add value will be removed, including off-topic or content-free comments, or comments that look even a little bit like spam. All comments containing links and certain keywords will be moderated before publication.

I want comments to be valuable for everyone, including those who come later and take the time to read. Search Ask Leo! Do this Subscribe to Confident Computing! I'll see you there! Thanks for the info. This will help me tremendously.