Merlin
That's just what I'm trying to avoid. In order for your suggestion to work, I'd have to be able to get to the desktop. I've already duplicated the hard drive so I could leave my other notebook operable. If you're suggesting loading win 2k in first, and then copying files over, you're talking about way to much work.
I think i tried Fed's way, but I'll have to look again. Thankyou both for your suggestions.