[tomthedrummer1992]

Hi guys,

Got two folders randomly appeared on my D Drive (It's a partition on my hard drive - I have 3. One for a full version of XP Home, One which has all the Internet and everything disabled for use in the studio and in shows, and a third which I bung all the data on)

These have really long names which I can't be bothered to type out and it won't let me delete them becuase access is denied even under the admin account. Both folders contain something called "i386", and then I can't go any further. I think these are something to do with when SP3 was installed (as I had to install it twice one on each partition).

But why on the D Drive, and not on the C drive for the main partition and the E Drive for the Show partition? Why did they have to be created on this drive which I ONLY use for data and has no OS on it?


Tom

Windows XP Home SP3.

[Emrys88]

The "i386" folders are normaly the folders that contain files that are used to install, repair, modify, update and rebuild Windows. However if my understanding is correct, you have Windows on one partition (C), Data (D), and show stuff (E).

If you want to move the two folders to the C drive, would be best, as it is not a good idea to delete the files. You need to follow these instructions:

> Start
> Run
> Enter CMD and press enter. This should now open up a black command prompt.
> Enter C:
> Enter mkdir c:\{folder name of folder in D drive}. This will now create a new folder in the root of C
> Enter CD c:\{folder name of folder in D drive} . This will now make the new folder the current directory.
> Enter xcopy D:\{folder name} /s /h . This will now copy all the contents to the C drive, including any hidden files.

Once this is done for both folder in question, try and delete the two folders in D drive. If you are still having problems >Right click the folder >Security Tab and ensure that the admin has full control.

If you are still having a problem, message back, and i will try to assist.
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