ME to XP: delete restore files?

[Fred Goodwin, CMA]

Several weeks ago, I upgraded my son's WinME to XP Pro (and later added SP2).

All seems to be working fine. As a result of an MBSA warning, I converted his FAT32 drive to NTFS. Now I know that once I've made the conversion, I can't go back. I also know that WinME won't work on an NTFS drive.

So my question is: is there any reason to keep the ME restore files at C:\_RESTORE? There's 1.5G of files there I'd like to delete (10% if his HD).

Can I safely delete these files?

 

[Guest]

After the conversion to ntfs the files are no good,delete them.At some point,
if reinstalling xp,or you want a clean install of xp,boot to the xp
cd,select,
install xp,new copy.XP doesnt need or use the ME software.

 

[Fred Goodwin, CMA]

Is there a proper way to do this? I can use file manager and simply delete the _RESTORE folder, or there an option under one of the disk management tools to have Windows delete the unnecessary files?

Thanx
After the conversion to ntfs the files are no good,delete them.At some point,
if reinstalling xp,or you want a clean install of xp,boot to the xp
cd,select,
install xp,new copy.XP doesnt need or use the ME software.

 

[Jerry]

There should be a selection in Add or Remove Programs to delete the previous or backed up version of Windows.

Is there a proper way to do this? I can use file manager and simply delete the _RESTORE folder, or there an option under one of the disk management tools to have Windows delete the unnecessary files?

Thanx
After the conversion to ntfs the files are no good,delete them.At some point,
if reinstalling xp,or you want a clean install of xp,boot to the xp
cd,select,
install xp,new copy.XP doesnt need or use the ME software.

 

[Fred Goodwin]

There should be a selection in Add or Remove Programs to delete the
previous or backed up version of Windows.

Thanx -- I just tried that, and all I see is an option to remove SP2
(and of course any of the other installed programs), but nothing else
for Windows.

I also looked under "add / remove Windows components", and did not see
anything there about removing old restore files, either.

Fred G