ok great i finally completed the upgrade and believe it or not it was actually easier than i imagined, i didnt get the adapter 2.5 to 3.5 i used usb with a new 80gig toshiba hdd, acronic true image home. created a new disc (actually 4 of them) my comp then was able to see the hdd. i had previously mounted z2bypassed image to my computers hd. so all i had to do is drag and drop, after increasing the partitions.
thank you to all the people who helped, and fyi in support of bigfloppy's request for graphics guru, guys its alway good to get the "hook up" but sometimes we should give a little s