Deleting the Preview folder? CS3

Hi,
I was cleaning up the computer after finishing part of a very big project, before I continue working on the rest of it.
I noticed that there's a folder where premiere pro automatically saves your projects, it was called something Previews.
It has TONS of folders in there, some of them completely empty, and the whole previews folder is somewhere around 250 gigs. I really need more HDD space to continue working on my project, my question is:
What is in the previews folder, are those items necessary or can I erase them without messing with whatever project save they're associated with?
Thanks for the help!

Thanks
We have 2 external hard drives hooked up to the comp, both are Seagate, 500 GB.
We read that you can specify the location for those preview files, and we were thinking of using one of the hard drives as the location.
Couple more questions:
Can you use external hard drives for such a task (hooked to the comp with a USB 2.0 connection)?
If we move the preview files we have left from the default adobe folder to the external hard drive, will premiere recognize that they've been moved there?
Thank you!

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