of course you might need to also keep an image of the current > OS and the hardware you're running on if you really want to be sure it > will work in 20 years :-) I think that in twenty years, I think most of us will be more worried about our retirement than the long terms data conserns of the companies we will no longer be working for. :-D Of course, some of us that really enjoy what we do for work might prefer to "die with our work boots on." Regards, Richard Broersma Jr.