well you make an image when xp goes wrong just place the cd and run it take 6 mins to reinstall xp and you dont need to activate it again plus you have all your drivers etc.. so theres no need to spend hours re install everything again. anyway iam drunk lolololo at this moment. what i do is install xp pro office and other tools that i used then make an image off it so when ever i have problem i just put the dvd in run it . and have all my app and os working, much faster in the long run.