Cheers JPM, I back most stuff up just to CD but yes, I do have a second HD however, its only 18GB.
  Would I see any improvement if I tried reformatting and then restoring a 'ghosted' image ? 
 I imagine things like the registries would be just the same though 
 
  At least all the files would be contiguous once more ???? 
 Cheers 
 [Edited on 8-7-2005 by Iconic944ss]