ServicePackFiles

[bharat_r]

When I was going through my Windows directory I found 2 folders containing almost the same files totalling to a size of 1 GB:

C:\WINDOWS\ServicePackFiles\i386
C:\WINDOWS\Service_Pack_Files\i386

I'm having
Windows XP Professional Edition Service Pack 2 build 2600

are those folders necessay or can I delete them to free up the 1GB space?

[Vishal Gupta]

These folders r necessary if u'll want to uninstall these service packs in the future.
If u delete these folders, nothing will happen but u'll not be able to uninstall service packs ever!!!
So u can safely delete them if u don't want to uninstall service packs. And i think no1 will want to uninstall these Service packs...

[bharat_r]

Thanks,I'm going to delete them.
1GB is quite some space.

[Thor]

Hey ! Cool ! Me Gonna Give My HDD 1 GB More Breathing Space !

[Choto Cheeta]

hmm... but when u install from SlipStream XP SP2 installetion disk.... there isnt that option of Uninstalling SP2... so no question of tht 1GB taken up.... lol... so i have a advantage there....

[expertno.1]

these are the service pack files

u cna delete them surely

[cvvikram]

These are the sp2 files which are created when installing the sp2 ...i have deleted them...no probs...

[QwertyManiac]

Well,
@saurav_cheetah,
U can save more space by turning off or controllin ur system restore space....

[crashuniverse]

when we install service pack, first the files r extracted to that folder n installed from there. once installed we can delete them (as they r nothin more than executables).

about installation may be using the same cd which we use to install will definitely give us options like "INSTALL,REPAIR,REMOVE" when used again.