OSInstall.mpkg folders on the Hard Drive after new installation of Mac OS X

I recently installed Mac OS X 10.4.3 on a newly erased hard drive on a G4 to which I'm doing major upgrades. The installation went fine, and everything works well, but ther are four folders on the root level of the hard drive which are puzzling. The folders are named: OSInstall.mpkg.88LSmhLt, OSInstall.mpkg.92Y10Shx, OSInstall.mpkg.93bkoHQb, and OSInstall.mpkg.93LJ3u7J. Inside the folders are folders named Receipts along with files named BaseSystem.installplan and Essentials.installplan. The Receipts folders contain either BaseSystem.pkg and OSInstall.mpkg or Essentials.pkgand OSInstall.mpkg. These are installer apps as far as I can tell, because when I double click 'em they prepare to install. Are these just additional install packages for printer drivers and languages? Can I trash them?
Thanks for any help.

Thanks, Kappy.
I verified the /Library/Receipts/ folder and it does contain a BaseSystem.pkg file among 40 other .pkg files. However, I noticed some files that I think should be in there aren't. I checked the Applications folder and discovered some apps missing, that I think should've been installed: Garage Band, Graphic Converter, iDVD, iMovie HD, and iPhoto. All other apps which should've been installed seem to be there. I can either do a custom install of the missing apps, or I might do an Archive and Install to re-install Mac OS X (10.4.3) then go through my updates. Let me know if you have a suggestion.
Thanks.

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