> Does this mean you think I can move the old HD's into the new 
> box but boot off of my original Windows installation disk and 
> run a find new hardware sequence, or something like that?  

The option you'll want to find is "repair install". I don't remember the
exact wording but "repair" is definitely there.

> If I got it running, could I then xxcopy from the old HD's to 
> the new directly rather than going through the USB HD step?  
> If so, could I then change the boot sequence so the machine 
> boots from the new faster HD?

I think so. 

> Can you tell if, from my questions, that I don't understand 
> enough of what I might be doing that I would be better off 
> reinstalling (please say it ain't so).  But I think this is possible.

If this path doesn't work, what have you lost? Just delete everything
from the new disk and install from scratch on it. But I think this will
work.

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Tim Slattery
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