re: converting from OEM to Retail ME
Thursday, September 13, 2007 at 6:27 pm
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by C K
(6097 messages posted)
Many of the OEM manufacturers would put a copy of the install CD on the HDD instead
of giving you an actual MS type install CD. Actual MS branded OEM and retail versions
won't put an I386 folder containing the CAB files on the hard drive IME. If that
is what you have on the HDD, and you now have an MS branded install CD, you should
be able to delete the cab files or the whole I386 directory if you have that on the
hard drive (HDD). The pointer should now be set to the CD-ROM instead of the CAB
files on the hard drive for any updated files Windows might need in the future.
However, without seeing the machine, I can't say for sure as they could be files
for the drivers etc. Can only hazard a guess from a forum though..
On Thursday, September 13, 2007 at 3:33 pm, david wrote:
>Does anyone know if the retail version of WinME installs a Windows/Options folder?
>
>I recently did a repair install using a retail version of the OS so I can move my
>HD to another system, but the Windows/Options folder remains. It contains all the
>CAB and CBK files and takes up nearly a half gigabyte on the drive.
>
>I'd like to delete it if this is strictly a folder put there by the original OEM
>WinME OS.
>
>David
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