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More info?)
"Rick C." <blue--nospam--.heron3@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:MPG.1cfa2863b01e9e9b9898e0@msnews.microsoft.com...
> In article <epw$FXhXFHA.712@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl>,
> DLipman~nospam~@Verizon.Net says...
> > From: "Rick C." <blue--nospam--.heron3@verizon.net>
> >
> > | Can I move my C:\I386 directory and its subdirectories to my D: drive?
> > | Not sure what it's used for. I really need the extra space on C: .
> >
> > If you move the c:\i386 folder to another location such as to drive "E:"
( E:\i386 )
> >
> > Then you must edit the Registry so the OS knows where to find the
Windows installation
> > files.
> >
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup
> >
> > Based upon the example of moving to the "E:" drive, change;
> > SourcePath=c:\
> > to
> > SourcePath=e:\
> >
> Thanks. Under what conditions does Windows need to access the files on
> that directory?
It needs access to this directory when re-installing Windows components
or when installing new Windows components. If Windows cannot find
the directory then it will prompt you for a new path, which is usually the
path to the \i386 directory of your Win2000 CD.