Add a 2nd partition of at least 20g. (Larger is nicer) Mount a Linux OS on that partition. Most are no-cost and many include most other programs such as an office suite etc. They are also quite user-friendly. Ubuntu works well for me but there are many other options. RESULTS: (1)Your computer will boot to Linux unless you know to arrow down to Windows on the boot menu. (Intensely frustrating anyone messing around with it that doesn't know what (s)he is doing. (2) When MS goes belly-up (not if), the universe runs on linux accessable UNIX - not MS, so you can still access everything that still exists. (3) Linux can access and read virtually all MS file systems and files, so that even if your OS is 'dead', you still will most probably have all of your 'stuff'. And (4) a real 'Linux Person' could go on for hours here.....