Re: Duplicate root folder

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zinima wrote:
> Because of a problem and reinstall I have ended up with both a
> WINDOWS and WINNT folder. is it safe to delete the WINNT folder?

Maybe - maybe not.
Were you trying to do a clean installation?
If so - and it has not been that long - you might consider doing it again.

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