I have just upgraded to MPE/iX 5.0, and it was the most painless upgrade I've ever done (and I've been done upgrades for oh... 15 years now). There was a nice tool to tell me which files to delete so I could get my 120,000 contig sectors... and I could feed the output directly into the store;purge command. I didn't need to remember to purge AXLDEV1... it did it for me! All the instructions worked right. I didn't need to remove passwords and UDCs from 1/2 million accounts and users. There was only one patch tape (and yes I do have networking products!). It was wonderful! Well done HP! So if there is a proposal to make it even easier, and put everything on a single tape, then I would say YES! It's a great idea! Yours sincerely, Martin Knapp ========================================================================== Martin Knapp Voice: (+44)-1689-877-933 Proactive Systems FAX: (+44)-1689-891-475 Central Court E-Mail: [log in to unmask] Knoll Rise Orpington Kent, BR6 0JA United Kingdom