Ghetto_blaster you could very quickly become one of my best mates(not really a +ve for you). You are an excellent Linux tutor pointing newbies to the correct help in language we can understand.

Two lots of help in one go - apologies that it wasn't really the right forum. Now that the excitement of the HD install is over I'll spend some time configuring and checking the forums properly if I need help - our newbie problems will most likely be covered somewhere.