Dave, Why not just add your new HD to the box, install a fresh copy of OS X on it, and wipe the previous drive of everything but the supplied OS9? It's preferable to have OS9 on a separate volume anyway, IMHO. Good luck, RIck On Jul 11, 2006, at 4:57 AM, Dave March wrote: > Hiyas, > > I'm Dave, in Springfield, Missouri, sad owner of > . . . > The machine is > supposed to be coming pre-loaded with 9.2 and 10.3, > but I've got a new HD and a fresh copy of Tiger ready > to install (oh, and a superdrive, hee), so the HD they > send will likely go on the shelf as an emergency > backup. But I'd still like to stay dual-boot if I can > run OS 9 with the install packages I have on hand. >