> 1. Will I have to partition the drive first (or > should I) ? Partitioning the drive is really a personal choice, there are believers and arguments for partioning the HD and not partitioning the HDD. > 2. How big should each partition be for each OS? Personal choice. For example, a 40 GB HDD could have 2 20 GB partitions. > 3. Can I use a crossover cable to transfer all data? Si > 4. Will transferring the OS to the new machine > overwrite the existing > OS on the new machine ? Si. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com