Just got through doing a complete Recovery and doing away with Win7, which I mistakenly made it over ride Vista OS. Will use external hard drive for storage and backup as you suggested. There is no uninstall for Win7 so those that made it their OS they will have to do a full Recovery and then buy Win7. I liked what I saw in Win7's taskbar, Control Panel lists of test items, and its was different. I won't be the first running to buy the release until I get feed back from it. The way the economy is going, with Circuit City closing down, there may not be too many places open to sell it. Have a great week-end!