My appologies for going a bit OT, but I just noticed the partitioning that ynsaen is doing.....sounds like the configuration for a Linux box! :) A number of years ago, I tried the partitioning thing on a PIII and Windows 98. It never worked right.....I ended up with more errors and problems than I ever solved. I'm wondering though, if my problems back then had more to do with how the Windows 9X systems interfaced with the software vs. how XP interfaces. XP is much more like Linux/Unix in its memory management and the way in which it interfaces with software. Just curious.