Well.......I had the XP back to running since the day I said I was changing over....it fired up one more time, and since that day I had not shut it off.......well, I restarted it a few times when Outlook express froze on me....BUT, I did a complete turnoff when I went to Phoenix, and she's a no go from then on, bet I tried a hundred times to start it. So, last weekend I started switching over to the Win7 machine Jer built for me. I can access the backup drive just fine, have problems finding stuff on it....wasn't very organized in my backup but everything seems to be there. I gotta say the 7 machine is a LOT faster. Yeah, yeah I know....
Only problem hads been a compatibility issue with the Epson Workforce 520 printer....it works, but I get some FUNKY layouts sometimes...