I just added a Western Digital 250 GB hd to my old dell 8200. I put it on a seperate ide controller as my mother board controller fails. I saw 200 GB drives in a Staples circular Sunday for 59.95. Quite a price I think. Can't help on backup. Put new drive in before old one fails and move info -- David -------------- Original message -------------- > Hello All, through various tests performed on my pc, it has been brought to > my attention that may maxtor hd is beginning to fail. it is still operating > at present. i am in the process of searching for a new hd for replacement. i > upgraded to XP home from ME. will i need to purchase complete version of xp? > also any suggestions on backup procedures? suggestions for hd? thanx, > stephen r stanfield > > PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download > visit our download web page at: > http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml