Is there a description of what additional files need to be copied? I used the following to build Boost for Visual C++ with Windows XP: Call "S:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98\Bin\VCVARS32.BAT" Set MSVC_ROOT=S:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\VC98 "S:\Software\Boost\boost-jam-3.1.10-1-ntx86\bjam" -sTOOLS=msvc --prefix="S:\ Software\Boost" --builddir="T:\boost_1_31_0\BuildDir" install Pause That seems to have worked. Except I did see some messages saying some stuff were not found. That is not relevant to this question, though. I copied the sample in the Variant documentation to get the directories set properly and ensure that that much (Variant) works. So now (I assume) I don't need to use most of the files (in the "T:" partition) that I used to build and "install" Boost from. However I see there are some documentation files in the "install from" files that are not in my installed files, so I assume I should copy the documentation files. I realize that the files are also online but I will use the local copy that is provided. Is there something somewhere specifying what else should be saved from the "install from" files? I intend to make the "T:" partition unavailable normally but I can keep it so that I can get to it when I need to, but it would help to know what I need to copy first. If this is not described anywhere, then I just want to say that it would help. Until then, I assume I can figure it out.