So, I get a copy of W2K(thank god for Ind U, it was $5.oo), put in in, find out many of my programs won't run with it, so I uninstall & return to 98SE. To damned many blue screens, I'll live without a few things & try to re-install 2K. I spent virtually all of May 2001 installing & re-installing OS's because 2K WILL NOT go back in, and I don't want to live without my toy. Finally, on 06/02/01 @ 1AM, it occurs to me to partition @ less than 8GB. It works (hallelujah). Now, where the hell is my other 18 1/2 gigs? All the upgrades from MS & there it is. So now, I've got a good running copy of 2K(after about 5-6 bad install trials) I wanna know one thing-when is MS going to make a GOOD OS that installs when, where & how you tell it without some crap about registering being a formal demand. I'd like to try Linux but don't have the 2nd machine to learn on. I want a simple, yet elegant, OS that isn't full of bugs, is that asking too much? Apparently so...........