Not SATA, although i thought about it!. But as my said thoughts are at max I decided that she can stay on the slow line and not the express line.
BOAC. You are right. But as I am going to load XP Pro I am also putting in MS Office and what she had is lost. All other progs can go on as and when. Certainly, not until I have installed a firewall and AVG. That's what caused the problem I think - she didn't have ANY
Still a tad concerned that a floppy doesn't come with HDD - OEM! But I recall doing a cold startup with the XP disk in the CD-ROM.
Thanks again fellas.
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