All that I know is the i386 folder is your installation folder when you first
installed your OS. All the system files are stored in this particular
folder. So I don't know if you want to mess around with this kinda stuff.

"DMallow" wrote:

> I am using XP Home. Recently, I have tried to clean out some of the
> accumulated garbage on my computer (accum over the last 3 yrs). I've noticed
> my " hard drive used space" gets larger and larger, but I ad no programs,
> files, etc. After going thru all the clean up steps I could think of, I
> noticed my 1386 File is HUGE. What is the 1386 File? How can I delete some of
> files without fearing I have deleted a necessary file? Do I even want to
> clean out the file? Any other suggestions?
> --
> DMallow