Yeah, unless your existing C: drive is a SATA drive on that same controller and you plan on just doing a copy of your existing system drive.

On the other hand, the system restore CD that came with your Dell may have the drivers already slipstreamed onto it and it might "just work". If your existing drive is an IDE drive, though, I doubt it will work.

An alternative to making a slipstream CD is to put the SATA drivers on a floppy disk and load them during the OS install. I didn't mention that before because I don't own a floppy drive any more so it wasn't an option for me.

Others here will probably have better advice about your particular situation, but I'll help in any way I can.

Best,

Jim