The Western Digital Drives come with a new IDE ribbon which it specifically says must be used. Avoids any problems with that.
I still have them on CS and it is working ok. The old drive is still unstable and I get a number of warnings on booting to windows.
I have restored my email by replacing the PST file. It was important to know exactly which folder Outlook was looking for it in. I thought I had it right but when I asked outlook to show the folder it was in a different place to where I thought. Worked ok after I had copied the PST and other files into there.
I got my MP3 files back. The problem had been permission errors caused when XP loses track of the 'My Documents' folders. Administrator had the rights to the file and I was blocked. I logged into safe mode and obtained the rights. I then logged back in and transferred the files over to the new drive.
Only problem now is with Norton's live update to AV 2003. Recently bought a new subscription to live update stuff and now it won't install correctly. Have emailed Norton tech support after trying everything in their Knowledge base.
DeepC