Hey guys just lettin ya know that I got my big rig up and goin...and she runs as smooth as ever, although its hard on my eyes goin from 1024x768 res. on a 17" screen, to a 21" screen with 1600x1200 res. LOL Thanks alot for all the help you guys gave me, I learned alot but here is what I did(this was just my last resort, plus I had the extra money layin around):
Since I didnt have my XP Cd I went and bought a new CD and an 80GB hard drive, put XP on it and booted up with my Seagate as a slave. Then I dragged and dropped everything I needed(which ended up not being more than 5GB) Then I formatted the Seagate HD and put XP on it. Then I switched the master and slave drives and dragged and dropped again, then reinstalled all my programs, and now I have all my valuable info backed up on the other 80GB HD that I have! Quite simple but cost about $130 which wasnt as bad as I thought it would've been.
Again Thanks to everyone that helped me out!
Since I didnt have my XP Cd I went and bought a new CD and an 80GB hard drive, put XP on it and booted up with my Seagate as a slave. Then I dragged and dropped everything I needed(which ended up not being more than 5GB) Then I formatted the Seagate HD and put XP on it. Then I switched the master and slave drives and dragged and dropped again, then reinstalled all my programs, and now I have all my valuable info backed up on the other 80GB HD that I have! Quite simple but cost about $130 which wasnt as bad as I thought it would've been.
Again Thanks to everyone that helped me out!