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Hi Stephen, Thanks for taking the time to reply. I'm not already familiar with the steps you've outlined. I'll probably give it all a go in the next week or so. I'm only getting brief sessions to do all the work I'm doing.. iTunes is on the agenda for tonight. SS will have to wait, but I'll let you know how it goes.

I have installed a new 2TB SATA HDD and it has a fresh installation of Windows XP Home. My old 320GB SATA HDD has a buggy, but reasonably functional installation of WIN XP with 4 different Windows User Profiles. SonicStage 4.3 is installed on the old drive sourcing audio from too many folders to keep track of. I can use the BIOS options to choose which HDD acts as the C:\ boot drive. Will the instructions from the link below allow me to move all my library content, and maintain all my current permission to transfer files and create CDs and new Minidisc and MP3 Walkman compilations? My originals are mostly imported from Hi-MD recordings, CDs, and WAVs created on my computer. http://esupport.sony.com/perl/support-info.pl?info_id=169 Do I have to copy the original files across to the new drive, and following the same file architecture? I was hoping to use this as an opportunity to re-organise a lot of my music.

Minidisc is an extremely convenient recording technology, but keep in mind that these are small, mechanical devices and prone to being dropped and are relatively easily damaged compared to MP3 players. Your Evoke Dig Radio has no digital output jack, so any recording of the radio involves D-A conversion by the radio, then A-D conversion by the recorder. You will still benefit from a cleaner radio transmission/reception, but the recording will not be of the original digital signal. I'd recommend HiMD minidisc for recording. Much longer recording/playback times are available, and more compression rates are available for use. Only use your minidisc when another format is not practical. Transfer your CDs to an MP3 player to preserve your Minidisc recorder for recording purposes. I have 2 recorders and one (my favorite of the 2) just died. I now have access to a Zoom MP3 recorder which is beautiful to use and I don't plan on buying a replacement minidisc recorder. I now have to consider transferring any precious minidisc recordings to CD before the other minidisc recorder/player dies.

I'm replacing the old IDE drive with a SATA drive. Simply cloning the drive hasn't been successful as it won't boot without a fresh installation of windows on the SATA drive. I seem to have exhausted any technical assitance available on that problem) The old IDE drive has a lot of music in the Sonic Stage 4.3 My Library. Many of these are live recordings of my band transferred from minidisc. Others are recordings from CDs, or imported from WAV files (from re-mixed live recordings). Some of the WAV originals no longer exist. Many of these files will have copyright protection. How do I transfer all of my music to the new hard drive? Is there a link to a page of instructions?

Thanks to both of you for these tips. I can't try them for a couple of days. I'll let you know how it goes.

Two of the users have chosen to "personalize" the appearance of windows using standard themes available on XP display options. I don't believe that we've downloaded other skins. Should these be set to default?

OK, I downloaded the component checker and ran it. Two items came up as being different to the expected versions: MSADCE.DLL msxml3.dll All other items were as expected Each user on this computer was already configured as "Computer Administrator". That may not always have been the case.

Thanks for understanding the issues here. There are three MDAC options available for download on the Microsoft site. I haven't found any information explaining which version to use. I'd be grateful if you can advise me which is suitable. I'm running XP home SP3, and Office 2007.

Hi Avrin, Thanks for your time and attention. Prior to writing to the forum I had scanned with AVG, SuperAntiSpyware and Malwarebytes Anti-malware. No threats (aside from the expected adware cookies) were detected. I may have written the name of the desktop file incorrectly. SAS and MBAM (plus a range of other tools) were used to remove multiple trojans and other infections many months ago. Further information on that process is available at: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic199461.html http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic201229.html The computer was declared "clean" at the end, and I have maintained a high level of protection since, however this computer is shared between 2 adults and 2 kids and there's no knowing what may have occurred... recently the older child installed i-tunes without my permission, so anything is possible. I just ran a search for desktop.*tt (including hidden and system files) and NO results were found. The CDs on SonicStage aren't a big deal, but I had recorded rehearsals and performances of my band on minidisc, some of which hadn't been converted to WAVs. I re-use the minidiscs so I don't have the original recordings anymore. Otchen plokho! Re-installing the OS is always possible, though I'd hate to have to re-install all the software Is there any value in running the Omg2to1.exe file? Is there any way of repairing the database so that if the OS and software is re-installed, I can still access my SonicStage library?

Thanks for your help so far. You are definitely onto something. Apart from the problem with SonicStage (it locks up while the splash screen says "loading UI components), the computer was also freezing when left idle for some time. I disabled all screensavers and changed power management options to "never" for all windows User profiles. That has improved the stability, though clearly, something is wrong somewhere. When I attempted to copy the MtData.mdb file the computer also locked-up. After re-booting I was successful in copying that file. When I first attempted to open the MDB file with MS-Access, a warning about running scripts came up and I thought to check the file with AVG and SuperAntiSpyware. SuperAntiSpyware locked up trying to check the file. The next attempt to open the file with Access resulted in a freeze. On re-boot another error message came up; IE script error Line: 65 Char: 1 Error: suih is undefined File: C:/Documents and Settings/Lionel/Application Data/Microsoft/internet Explorer/Desktop.ttt From now on, most re-boots result in the "Active Desktop Recovery" button requiring a click. On using Access to open the MDB file, I found that the t_containment and the t_property components are accessible. The t_property component frequently locks up Access when scrolling down through the data. On the one occasion I was able to scroll to the end of the table, I saw that the 2nd-last and 3rd-last rows contain cells which display only #ERROR. These cells/rows cannot be deleted or over-written. I have not yet attempted to run Omg1to2.exe application. The OS is XPHome

I had a number of problems relating to instability of the computer, especially including that audio CDs would frequently force a re-boot of the computer. On checking the hardware, I found that one stick of RAM was not properly installed and there was lots of dust on the CPU cooling fins. Many times when the computer restarted, Sonicstage was operating. Also, my daughter (only 13 y.o.) followed some instructions which appeared onscreen purporting to fix some problem with Sonicscreen. I can't provide any more details on this procedure, but it did involve a few successive windows which required mouse clicks in order to proceed. Now that the hardware issues have been addressed, the only outstanding problem is that Sonicstage freezes on the Sonicstage splash screen and crashes the computer. Windows task manager will not open and the only option is to use the restart button. Can anyone help? I don't want to lose the database in the process.