Well Flipper, you are probably right. However when I get my new Powerbook I have no intention of doing all that - I haven't time! I will Clone my old drive, format the new drive and copy the old stuff across. Then I will do a Archive and Install of the new System and hope that I'll be away to the races. If this doesn't work, I'll reformat the drive and do an image install from the bundled DVD and do it your way. jg