[cva66snipe]

My bad experiences with M.E. was with an upgrade version and not a full install. The blasted program wouldn't stop writing to the HD long enough to disk scan and defrag it. I tried every trick I knew including safe mode and all programs but system and Explorer shut down. After two reformats it became a $99 coaster.

My old Presario 5400 is the one my video connectors bad on. I still have the disk for it. I hate to give up on it simply because it was the first one I bought. That was the one I was gonna put the HD from into the Hewett Packard and took back out. The HP will likely get Linux put in it. That's the only cure for it I can think of.

[JoJo Gunn]

What’s the HP’s model number? I’m not saying I’m an expert, but have been lurking the site for a while now, off and on. I sometimes try to help, mainly with 9x and/or older HP issues, on a computer forum. The complete model specs will be easy to find.

I’m like you. I’m running the motherboard and hard drive from my first machine. At my age, I get used to something and don’t really care for change, though I like times such as when someone brings around another to tinker and learn with.