Hi - have never had any success in installing XP onto a sata drive (have tried on two different rigs with 2 different mobo driver disks, dunno why they didn't work) but am planning on trying again sometime soon. However I am wondering if there is a way to transfer not only your settings to the new install, but also installed apps. Basicly the reason I'm wondering this is because I have a load of stuff that has been installed for years that I probably no longer have the registration codes for and would like to avoid losing them/having to re-purchase them.