$win_nt$.~bt

[John Kramer]

I have a folder called $win_nt$.~bt. Is this folder safe
to delete? It's over 10 mgs big. I just recently
upgraded to XP home and I removed the old windows backup
with the disk cleanup. But this is a heafty folder.

John

 

[Smokey]

where is this file located on the hard drive? Did you
tell xp when upgrading to save old system files in case
the upgrade failed?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

That's a temporary folder created during the installation of the
OS or possibly a service pack. It should have been deleted
automatically at the conclusion of a successful installation. You may
safely delete it.


Bruce Chambers

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[Will Denny]

Hi Bruce

It's never deleted after any of my installs - have to manually delete the folder.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

That's most curious. I've never seen the folder remain unless
something interrupted the installation process, or unless I didn't
reboot when prompted. I wonder what we're doing differently from one
another? Or do you suppose that there might be a minor difference
between the ways the English-UK and English-US operating systems
behave?

BTW, congratulations on your selection as an MVP. ;-} It's
well-deserved, even if we haven't always agreed on everything.


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Hi Bruce

It's never deleted after any of my installs - have to manually delete
the folder.

 

[Will Denny]

Hi Bruce

English-US is the default - I have to change various options during the install. That could be the reason why the $win_nt$.~b folder doesn't delete.

Thanks for the congrats. - we have had our 'non-agreements', yes, but I reckon it's been about 50/50 - yes?

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

Haven't actually been keeping score. ;-}

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Hi Bruce

Thanks for the congrats. - we have had our 'non-agreements', yes, but
I reckon it's been about 50/50 - yes?

 

[Will Denny]

We'll shake hands, hopefully, in the near future, Bruce.

 

[John Kramer]

bump

 

[S.Sengupta]

Hi!John!
You can delete it, this is a temporary Windows XP setup folder.
cheers!
ssg MS-MVP
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