I've decided to take the safe track here. After hearing about all the crashes, reformats and subsequent reinstalls, etc. I bought one of those removable hard drives. (Cheap; with the caddy and 40gb 7200RPM HD less than $150.00 Canadian.) When my copy of P5 arrives it will have the drive all to it's lonesome with only a couple of companion programs with it. (Photoshop, Poser 4 and Lightwave probably.) That way, a reformat will mean only Win 2000 reinstall and a couple of apps. I have had more than what I need of reinstalling fonts, programs, work related stuff, configuring dial-ups, finding backed up files on poorly labeled cd's (my fault, I know), printer, scanner, well... you get the picture. Easily a whole Saturday is toast. No more risk of cross-contamination for this guy.