Thanks for the replies. I've certainly a few options. I'm also looking into getting 
an Ultrabay (or whatever it is called for this model) 2nd HD adapter, a second hard 
drive, and 'ghosting' onto the 2nd HD.

Without opening a can of worms - I think its ridiculous for sytems to come with 'OEM' 
operating systems which do not provide for an easy method of restoring in the case 
of a hard drive failure. A few bad sectors in the wrong place and bye-bye OS. 

IBM provided them up until 7/31/2005. I've written them, asking for help and they 
redirected me to Lenovo - which is a dead end and completely useless. If my experience 
with Lenovo is any indication, they will fail miserably in the next couple of years. 

I want to confirm though - everyone is suggesting I upgrade to SP4, then install 
the MS applications, then upgrade the MS applications - right? 

And then, would I want to apply SP4 again? 

Or will W2KPro SP4 'protect' itself from inappropriate file 'overlays' from the MS 
office app updates? 

Any additional thoughts/plans appreciated!

Thanks all! 






On Wednesday, August 24, 2005 at 10:33 pm, Mac wrote:

>XP INFO


>If you use drive imaging you just burn to several good quality CDRs. I have a drive 

>image of my C: drive on five CDRs.

>

>I use Image for Windows and Image for DOS from TeraByte Unlimited. They also make 

>BootIT NG which has a Partition Resizer. (I paid $60 for all four utilities.)

>

>So I would say that it is easier and better to make a drive image.

>
Mac

>

>TIME IS DIVISIBLE 
BY THE NUMBER OF IDIOTS YOU HAVE TO SHARE IT WITH 

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