I'm not so much of a newb in regards to the Mac. But my recent upgrade to Tiger was the first time I'd used the Archive and Install option. It's been about a month now and everything is humming along just fine. I was going to delete the Previous System folder, but I thought I'd check in with the list's collective wisdom before I did. -- "It's gettin' so a businessman can't expect no return from a fixed fight. Now if you can't trust a fix, what can you trust? For a good return you gotta go bettin' on chance, and then you're back with anarchy." --Giovanni Casparro