I am into my third...uh, ...tasting of a fine Merlot and...uh,.. am certainly not in the same league as most of the people who regularly dwell here, but your problem is not a cause for serious concern. Cruise the "Search" mechanism with "key words", blah, blah..and you should find a host of answers to your query. This whole site has all the answers you need. And if they don't..:-)..you have set them to a task that will benefit all of us. Welcome and enjoy. p.s your machine sounds more than adequate to the task. Many of us have...HD..Memory..envy?