Kirsten, could'nt you borrow an external hardrive to save the files you need and just reformat your current hard drive and reinstall XP? It would save you the expense of a new computer. If you dont need to save any files on your current computer just reformat and reinstall XP
That was my original plan, but I also wanted to get a second, bigger internal hard drive for my photos. Anyway, it turned out that the interface of current hard drives won't fit, and buying an older HD would almost be as expensive as a new computer. Also, meanwhile I like the thought of having a pc with a dual core processor; my old AMD 3000+ doesn't match today's standards...

Kirsten