@cynlee - > & what i meant by nearing capacity... > is that my harddrive of 40 gb is 3/4 full I understand ... www.geeks.com "Hard Disk Drives" Seagate 80gb 7200RPM $69 + shipping www.pricewatch.com Is for checking prices -- they don't do any selling -- visual the Penny Saveer -- but limited to computer parts. Don't just buy the cheapest part -- look at features ... 80gb 7200rpm and a brand name I recognized was $58 We will need to get opinions on the various brand names (and boy oh boy, will that be a holy war!) Installation? ... Yeah ... easy ... we'll tell you that later -- when I'm not this tired. > i'm learning, a bit at a time, this being my 1st computer, A bit at a time ... judging by the quality of your images, and also by how many comments you have made for the benefit of other artists .. I'd say your rate of learning is more like a megabyte at a time. (1 megabyte has 8,388,608 bits) > next time maybe i'll know as much as the salesman At this point I am betting that you already know more than that salesman. MGD