Lost+Found Folder

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Hey Guys,

So in my Mac HD folder I suddenly got a Lost+Found folder with a file in that called 'iNode5954666' and when you open that it has a folder called 'Mac OSX Install ESD' with a mountain lion install icon. I am just wondering where this folder came from and if it is alright to delete it since it is eating up 5 GB of my hard drive. Thanks for the help.
 

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Yes, it's alright to delete that folder if Mountain Lion has already been installed. However, you might want to save the Mountain Lion install ESD folder somewhere in case you would like to build a ML install flash drive for future use.

The ML installer should have removed that folder after ML was installed. For whatever reason it left it intact.
 

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