Mark Clark,

I haven't been online all day, sorry to answer your query so late.

My computer is an HP that came with ME and "recovery disks" with all of the pre-installed programs. The only way to put the programs on if the computer crashes (such as when SirCam hit) I have to reinstall everything on those three CD's, little choice about it. To get past the weakness of ME yet to keep the functionality for some hardware, I use a dual platform. I installed BootMagic and partitioned the hard drive. I left ME on part of it for running the devices and some software, and I started the new partition for Win 2000. I also created a "D" drive that both ME and Win2000 write to and work from (they both think they're "C" and can't see each other). I don't have the manufacturers' CDs, so I can't install those and write to the Win2000 registry. Some programs I have purchased and installed on both sides (the latest Norton firewall, for example).

Does it make more sense now? It is kind of like having two computers.

SRS