Thanks for all the replies. 1) got it running on the Dell - the installer did not like leaving the install DVD in the drive - yank out the disk after reboot and worked fine (!!!) 2) STILL can't get it to install on my RAID machine (not ON the raid, just onto another IDE drive) 3) if I run LH on my dell, it pops up something saying it recognized my d-link router and I start to get disconnects (a network cable is unplugged) every 30 sec or so on BOTH machines. Using XP no problems with my network... Again, truly, deeply, thanks for all your replies