Please share the results, hon -- very interested in this. As Jackson will likely tell ya, I'm a bit of a booster for P5, lol Jackson -- no kidding. Looking into a way to return to a previous state right now. For a backup, in general terms, though, just copy your Poser directory exclusive of content files -- i.e. no Geom, no texture, no libraries. If it goes bad, just replace. so far no one running 2k or xp has reported any issues, which is why I'm curious about rschulte's OS...

thou and I, my friend, can, in the most flunkey world, make, each of us, one non-flunkey, one hero, if we like: that will be two heroes to begin with. (Carlyle)