Dear Bokkerijder, Tried this - CD still said Windows already installed! Thanks for the sugggestion anyway. For everyone else that replied, I am still evaluating whether to totally trash my disk and start again - if
it all goes quiet from me fear the worst! I still think there must be someway to convert the "new PC" CD to an "upgrade" which ofcourse would save my registry entries and allow all installed programmes to continue to work?