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25th Nov 2005, 02:24 PM	do i still need the installable packages? #1
pink_pixie Original Poster Instructor Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 434 Thanks: 639 in 17 Posts 7 Achievements	hi guys, when i download a house in a installer package, after i install it do i still need the installable package or can i delete them? i now i've been downloading for a while, but i've always forgot to ask
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25th Nov 2005, 02:27 PM	#2
eddief66 Forum Resident Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 587	You can delete them if you want but if you ever want to install them after a reinstall you would have to re-download them.

25th Nov 2005, 02:29 PM	#3
pink_pixie Original Poster Instructor Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 434 Thanks: 639 in 17 Posts 7 Achievements	good point, i'll think i delete 'em anyway thanks for helping! xxx
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25th Nov 2005, 03:11 PM

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Originally Posted by eddief66

You can delete them if you want but if you ever want to install them after a reinstall you would have to re-download them.

Not if you back up your downloads.

I sometimes find that I need the original package to hunt down all the files it contained and delete them from my downloads. But I usually just hunt down the package and download it again. I have a lot of disc space, but I don't want to fill it with duplicates.

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26th Nov 2005, 04:05 AM	#5
teresa7159 Scholar Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 1,220 Thanks: 1 in 1 Posts	I put them all on discs, just in case I do need them again. Teresa

26th Nov 2005, 10:11 PM	#6
pink_pixie Original Poster Instructor Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 434 Thanks: 639 in 17 Posts 7 Achievements	good idea, but unfortunatly my lame cd writer is no longer working and we can't get the right software to install it again, but if we ever fix it i keep it in mind. xxx
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