Quote Originally Posted by Darkhaund View Post
but didnt it was mentioned that we needed the current client for the "character creator benchmark"? I could be wrong though. But i wont use this PC for anything else than gaming... so i will format at some point. but if i can safely reinstall v1.0 and still play ill do it today.
No, you only need the folder that's in Documents>MyGames>FinalFantasy XI. The beta will pull character settings from this folder.

You can uninstall the 1.0 game if you have no desire to log back in to the old servers. You won't need it for alpha/beta