just wanting to get this right before I royally cock up - loads of bugs throwing up so think might need to swipe things clean and start again. if I want to hang onto everything; program links and stuff like that, is it ok to back up the registry (via 'export' in regedit) then import it back in the new refreshed OS?
would that do it cause its a pain to have to reinstall every thing like Office and what-not
ah, yes, where can I get info for a slip streamed XP with SP2? might speed things up a lot...cause then I'll have an almighty ton of updates to download soon after!! i can't wait!
edit: which reminds me, if I went SATA can I use my bog-standard ata HDD to transfer everything (lots of pics etc)? basically use bothe types of HDD connection at the same time is what I'm wondering.