I forgot to mention I tried PC Linux OS also. The laptop has an AMD Sempron 2800 CPU, 80 gig HD and 1 gig of RAM.
Sheesh! I have files bigger than 80gb. This reminds me of back in '89 when I bought a 20mb hard drive. I knew I would never be able to fill that monster up. :) It was on a screaming 286 processor! Now I'm just trying to hang another 3tb drive on my XP. If I can do that I'll be happy.