ok i beat IWD I but i deleted it. the save games are still there tho and i can't import my chars. to IWD II do i need to have it installed in order to do that?

myungbass, what you need to do is load up the final save of that last game and then export each character individually. I did this a few days ago to restart my non-HoF party in HoF.

One Important Note: Containers and their contents are not exported. So look thru you saved up stuff and unload them into your characters' inventories. Keep all your best stuff, even if you never intend on using it. You can and will need to sell it.

Oh, yeah... your $$$ doesn't export either, so you unless you intend on cheat console'ing in your $$$, you'll need all of your saved, but obsolete stuff to convert into $$$$$.

You can not in any way shape 0r form import your Icewind Dale 1 team members
or any of their saved games into Icewind Dale II the games are not compatable
look at the Black Isle Fourm for Icewind Dale II under FAQ it will give you all 100 reasons.
what you can do is find the Portraits from Dale 1 that have been recreated and formatted for Dale II and posted in this forum a page or two back then use (Dale Keeper II) when it comes out some time in the next few weeks to modify your team stats to what they were before in Icewind Dale 1.
Hope this helps a little.

P.S.
to find out about Dale Keeper II check out forum below.Then chech it weekly until Aaron makes The save game editor-------DKII KEEPER------He is working on it.
http://www.mud-master.com/forum/index.pnp