Clean, Clean install

Anytime you do a "Clean Install" using the ISO file burned onto CD you completely wipe everything (including the OS).

As an easy not-so-technical way to think about it is:
ISO files are "disk image" files, think of one as a giant rubber stamp.
When you run the utility fromthe BIOS, it first erases the console HDD to a "blank state" like a clean sheet of paper.
Then the "disk image" from the CD is "stamped" onto the blank HDD.

So if you do a "Clean Install" of 3.1.9 using the ISO burned onto CD you will be good to go.

You can download the 3.1.9 ISO file from the software archive here:

www.flyingpig.com/support/downloads/archive.shtml

And if you've never burned an ISO to CD, be sure to read this:

www.flyingpig.com/support/hog3/downloads/burning/

Hope this helps. :)

Thanks Marty!! You know what I'm thinking of is when we made the jump from 2.9 to 3.0 we needed to do a clean install and couldn't just do an upgrade.
Thanks again for the time

PS what software do you use to burn ISO's

I use Nero personally.

Hope this helps. :)