I finally got around to working on the blue box today and sure enough the HD on it is shot. I tried to re-install win2k and well it failed.
Kept getting a message saying that the Drive contained errors.
So now I am faced with a dilima, do I buy a new HD, well yes, but do I put it in with this system, or do I go the extra mile and buy a new MB and CPU? Currently its an AMD 1.4 with an MSI mother board. Bad combination I am sorry to say.
I have an old GF3 video card, ya I know, I was suckered into buying it at $450.00 two months before the GF 4 cards started coming out. I was leap frogged. I will NEVER again pay $400.00 for a video card.... NOT WORTH IT. But given that the GeForce 3 is now four years old, I should also considered getting a new Video Card. I know there is a lot of talk about these new PCI Express cards, but they are too expensive and I really don't understand if they are better than AGP or not, or even worth the extra cost.
I intend to take all of my old parts and build another system, a whimp back up system that the nephews can game on. The GeForce 3 card will work well for them.