Safe to remove ipod updater?

I am using iTunes 5.01 with a new 20 GB iPod on a PC and all is working just fine after installation. But, as I am very short on disk space on my computer, I would like to uninstall the iPod updater. Is this safe to do? Is there any reason to keep it on my PC?
Thanks in advance for your advice.

Well, I believe you should keep it because you may need it later.
Try to delete other files on your computer, or backup some of the data to CD-R, DVDR or external hard drive and then remove them.

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