No, it is not upgraded as life goes along. <http://ask-leo.com/so_just_what_is_the_i386_directory_anyway.html>
The "C:\I386" directory contains whatever was used to install that software... perhaps as much as several thousand files. Just as the CD, that directory can be as much as 600 megabytes of hard disk drive space. It is not completely so, but is the closest thing you will have to the original Windows installation, whether WXP, or W2K, or perhaps even VISTA, though I am not sure about VISTA... essentially, it is your CD-ROM, or the i386 director of that CD-ROM install disk. It is not created (installed) automatically. It is a copy of the original installation CD or DVD, as setup by your computer. After that install process, the computer does not add more data, files or folders to the i386 location. Your system can go back to that location when it needs more files or actions, but only those related to the original install that Windows believes is still there. RayBay ________ If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you are old. . . . . . . . . . Will Rogers On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 7:17 PM, Jeffrey Race <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, 01 Feb 2009 09:43:29 -0500, Andre' Blanchard wrote:>Regarding: > >>However, the new install will always install to exactly the version of > the > >Windows CD which you took the \i386\ from, naturally. > > Maybe I misunderstood something; I was thinking of the \i386 directory > on the HDD. Is this the one that is upgraded as you install patches and > updates? Or does it just remain a static copy of the original install CD? > jeffrey race > > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
