Thanks for your help machead3 and lemerise.

Tried locking the icon, no can do lemerise.

So, just before I got your emails I suddenly realized I had a USB HD. I put the install disc on this and, of course, it won't work; copyright issue I guess. Anybody know a way round this little problem?

machead3, I haven't gone to the 'install from another machine' option as the only other machine I have is an iMac (intel core duo) and, also, I am not sure what I would have to do to connect to the PowerBook even if I could with these two different systems?

[quote|jdotty]Thanks for your help machead3 and lemerise. Tried locking the icon, no can do lemerise. So, just before I got your emails I suddenly realized I had a USB HD. I put the install disc on this and, of course, it won't work; copyright issue I guess. Anybody know a way round this little problem? machead3, I haven't gone to the 'install from another machine' option as the only other machine I have is an iMac (intel core duo) and, also, I am not sure what I would have to do to connect to the PowerBook even if I could with these two different systems?[/quote]