SFC is very easy to use, it is launched by running sfc /scannow However there are some logic faults that often make it endlessly ask for Windows installation disc, in some cases refusing to recognize one. I just used the activation code from the original computer instead of the dell code.SFC is highly useful utility, bundled with Windows (mostly talking about XP in this post, mechanics slightly differ on other versions) that checks system files and replaces them with original versions if needed. I have even installed XP on other computers with a Dell XP CD. If the CD you have was included with the computer when you bought it then it usually has all the drivers needed for your hardware on the CD. So, yes, you can delete the i386 folder on your computer. "/s" means copy the contents of all subdirectories, and "/h" means copy all hidden and system files as well. * XCOPY C:\I386 /s/h - copy C:\I386 to the current directory. * CD D:\I386 - make D:\I386 the current directory * MKDIR D:\I386 - create a new "I386" directory at the root of the D: drive. * D: - this will make the "D:" drive the current drive. In the resulting box, we'll enter the following commands: Press Start, Run, enter CMD and press Enter. If you have another machine on your local network that has room, it's ok to copy it there too - just keep straight which machine it belongs to.Īs an example, let's copy all of C:\I386 to a new directory on the D: drive. If you have a second hard disk that has room, great. If you have a copy of the I386 directory from that CD-ROM, Windows can look there instead - much quicker and much more convenient than inserting the CD each time.Īnd of course if your computer didn't come with a Windows CD-ROM (as I believe it always should, though not all manufacturers do), the I386 directory may be the only place these files are available. You see, when you install new hardware, Windows will try to install the drivers for it, from your original Windows installation CD-ROM. At least not without saving a copy of it somewhere, somehow.
But Wait! You still, really, don't want to delete it. You can delete it, and Windows will still continue to run. Since Windows doesn't run from that directory, it's actually not required to be around at all. You'll probably find "setup.exe" there, which is the Windows XP initial setup program. Originally it was simply a copy of the I386 directory from your installation CD.
The I386 directory is not the directory that Windows actually runs from, but rather it contains a copy of Windows that you can setup from.
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