Sorry, everyone. I was tired and rushed last night. I didn't include all information. Firstly, my hardware is fine -- Athlon 1.33 Ghz, 512 mb ram, mucho hard drive storage, and my video card runs PS7 just fine right now. The biggest thing I forgot to mention is that I plan to install XP. That's what I'm uncertain about.
Would someone be willing to answer some questions about reformatting hard drives as part of this process, and maybe a couple of other questions? As before, address is: jtainter at mindspring dot com Thanks to everyone who replied. Joe

