[NatBe]

Originally Posted by glc I would not mess with opening your computer and removing your hard drive. The USB adapter is the easiest and safest way to do this, and you will find another use for the adapter, trust me. I keep about 3 of those around here. It only has to come from Temecula, you will have it quickly. When you go to format it, use Disk Management and remove all partitions. Then create a new single partition and do a full format, not a quick format.

glc,
Oh my, you really are omnipresent if you know how close Temecula is to me. You seem like a god around here. I mean that in a good way.

I did just take apart both PCs and my personal PC has a lot of stuff in the way of the hard drive. The other PC was easy to remove the hard drive. Both were IDE.

I don't think there are any partitions. It is just a c: drive. Period. No d:

I would do the ISO file to the thumb drive, but this seems simpler. I do want to learn that whole ISO file route though. But, later.

Geniouses, all of you! It's all work, tho, I know. I'm doing that myself right now; working at learning. Going to two schools right now.

Thanks much,

Natelle