In case my OS, cpu, and Ram did post properly: Win98SE Mandrake Linux 9.0 Powerpack Edition Athlon XP1700+ 1 Gigabyte PC133 sdram (2 x 512 MB) Now for the rest of my hardware, before I start asking questions: ASRock socket A mobo w/USB2.0, lan, sound, and a full compliment of slots Soundblaster PCI 128 DLink DFE-530TX+ pci NIC Cyberdrive 16x12x40x CDRW drive 3.5 inch 1.44 MB floppy drive 5.25 inch 1.2 MB floppy drive 2 x WD 60 GB ata100 hdd 1 x Maxtor 61 GB ata100 hdd Kodak EZ200 Digital Camera * Generic 15 inch TFT flat panel monitor ATI XPert 2000 Pro AGP HP DeskJet 3820 in USB Panasonic KX-P1123 DMP on parallel port Microsoft Internet keyboard Logitech Cordless Mouseman Optical * This puppy is the problem child! A quirk in Win98se does not permit me to download the pics from the camera with 1 gig of ram, but, it has no problem with 768 MB ram. Go figure. Everything else in win98se works just fine. I have a bunch of DOS software (mostly SSI Goldbox AD&D games) that I like, and want to keep. Questions: #1: Will I have to triple boot (98se, linux, XP), in order to run these games? #2: Will the Kodak EZ200 work properly in XP?? #3: Can I install XP Pro on the Third hdd, or do I have to install it on the Second HDD??? Currently, my hdd setup is 2 hdds for win98se, and 1 for linux. I can squeeze 98se down to one hdd, thus leaving 1 hdd dedicated to each OS. IFF the #1 is NO and #2 is YES, then #3 is irrelevent. Please answer #3 too. :) If I can do everything from XP Pro (Camera and DOS games {actually, Dungeon Hack and Corridor 7 CD-ROM are the only ones I am really interested in keeping}), then I can see my way clear to upgrading my hdds and maxing out my mobo's ram capacity with 2 x 1 GB DDR266 (PC2100), and not worry about screwing things up (again). Oh, I do not use onboard sound or LAN. Thank you in advance for your help!! Charles