Well most and sooner or later all of us will deal with the problem of a hard drive sooner or later. In my case its still a sore subject, but it wasn't the hard drive that caused the problem, but Windows. Can you say a ticked off MS customer again. To make matters worse I was going to just reload windows and reformat the hard drive, but there was an issue with that too. Some where along the line the CD got place in a different envelop so those magic numbers that unlock the software were no where to be found. And to answer your question YES it was a legal copy, but I didn't want to take the time to beg MS for anything, much less be in the mood for it in the first place. I decided to load Linux on to the old laptop and I could use it as an image dump. It has Gimp, and I am looking for a raw converter, a monitor calibration system and you know I might just go open source. If I can find the right software you know being held up by these companies is starting to get old. Looks like the 2200 will work with it, IF I ever print from it (which isn't that likely) and if I could get the monitor calibrated, I should be able to get decent color for doing adjustments ect in the field. This hard drive hassle may actually be a long term benefit.
