-=PCTechTalk=- Re: Why are these here?
- From: Gman <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:47:36 -0400
Below.
Peace,
Gman
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"The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don" <dswabc@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:15 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Why are these here?
> Autoexec.bat
> boot.ini
> config.sys
> io.sys
> msdos.sys
> ntbootdd.sys
> ntdetect.com
> ntldr
>
> That list of files is present in the root directory of my DATA disk. No
> OS installed on it at all. I did not move or copy them there, at least
> not knowingly. These are similar to files I am accustomed to seeing in
> the root directory of a boot disk or partition. These files (with
> different dates and/or times) are present in the Vista partition root
> directory.
My initial guess is that perhaps EasyBCD wanted a copy of them. Any
thoughts on that idea?
> Also present are a few folders with those uniques names created by
> whoever creates them (names like 0bc9d3bbd37024433211fb44)
> These contain folders like update (in one folder) amd64 i386 (both
> in 3 different folder, each pair with different date modified dates)
>
>
> Can anybody explain or make an educated guess as to why these files are
> here and how they got there?
In most cases, these are products of various Windows Updates. Once the
system is rebooted and confirmed to be working well, these can be deleted.
Deletion will not affect your ability to uninstall them, provided they are
of a type that can be uninstalled.
> Don
>
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