TSGL: what to do with a FOUR GIG drive?

[Chuck Neuenschwander]

I have a weird situation. I got a used HP desktop. The 80-gig harddrive was not booting.
  A techie friend suggested he would get me going with a new (used) harddrive.
  He came over and put it in, loaded XP and Office, as licensed,
  and a few utilities and then we checked Properties on the drive and I was
  astonished to see it was about 80% full !  He said "Yep, that's a four gig drive"
   
  So, after all that I have a computer that can't be used to store much of anything
  or install more programs on.
   
  So, I took off the jumpers from the 80-gig and put it in as a slave. Formatted it, and wrote it full of files to test it out. It appears fine. 
   
  Now, my questions. Should I keep that configuration, or should I instead toss the 4gigger and get an OS and Office put onto the 80? 
   
   If I should switch, how do I go about it? I don't have a CD for windows or office. I suppose I could use Open Office instead of Office. Is there a reliable inexpensive alternative to win-XP? I assume, once booted now, there is no way to transfer the  XP OS onto the 80gig. 
   
  Could/should I put an OS on the 80 now, with it as slave, and then remove the 4gig, set the jumpers on the 80 back to Master, and hook it up?
  I kinda know what I'm doing, but haven't been through this before and need a plan.
  Thanks, Chuck


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