[RWebb]

I recently built a fairly fast Win 7 machine with red-beard's advice. It is easy if everything goes right and you get no broken components. The transfer is time consuming and I'm not a big fan of the way Win 7 deals with files...

You could search up that thread if you wanted.

It sounds to me like you need to call around locally to find out who would be best to transfer and set up your machine. It WILL cost you.

You may need to upgrade some software packages and then re-learn their interfaces as well.

Finally, ALL you confidential information will be exposed to the person doing the work for you (as well as their pimply-faced helpers...) PLUS an unscrupulous person could easily install "back-door" means to pull information off of your machine in the future.

So...