Hi all, I made the mistake of trying to ask Microsoft a simple question An hour later I'm still none the wiser, after two chat sessions terminated because my replies didn't send. Grrrrr. I got to say hello to Cassandra and Shey S but that was about it Trying to sort out the best and easiest way to update from XP to 8.1 I've got an XP PC. Two drives - C: boot and D: data. I'm going to get a new clean drive to install 8.1 on, and make the current C: boot drive a data drive, probably E: I guess Can 8.1 access, read and use personal system files that were created and that I use with XP - eg Favorites, Address Book, email folders etc ? Using IE8 and OE6 TIA Joe --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .