>Why image instead of format and reinstall? Because once I've got a a stable system, with Windows 2000, Office, and a copy of VS6, I image it and if I trash the system, I can be back to work in 5-10 minutes. Compare this to formatting the drive, reinstalling the OS, reinstalling VS, and reinstalling any office apps you might use. You can easily blow half a day trying to get it running again. I don't pay for the stuff, but I'll bet imaging software has to be less than US$100, much less than a half day's work.

Wise words. Thanks.

>Now, if I had listened to my own advice, I wouldn't be staring at a box that no longer boots, thanks to a bad install of one of the latest beta OSs. :-)

Must have been Red Hat 6.2 <s>