Good Day Tom Tiger,
I want to use it on the older machine for learning purposes with a OS that I can reload as "I" see fit not as Winblow$ or the practice want me to. Secondly, and maybe most important is, I own it. The practice owns everything else including the system at home. So if I crash the compaq I can just reload it and go on. If I crash the other boxes I have to go through the whole nine yards reloading winblow$ XP-Pro, network, server links... You get the pic I really want to thank you folks for all the help here. BTW the servers runs SuSE 8.2 w/ Samba, with all else Win xp-pro clients.

I Remain ~ In Service & In Health,
Captain Cautious