Thanks Dale, I was hoping to come in way below $100.00, good to know it can be done. PATA.....is that the older technology before SATAs came along? What if, forgoing SATA for extra percentage points, mirror and RAID-0, I just got two straight-forward 7200 drives. Are you saying place the swap file on one and the OS on the other? what about everything else, Poser.exe, RuntimeFolder, Pz3? Are three small, cheap drives best? ::::: Opera :::::