Hi Renato, Robin, Joe, Trevor -
Thanks so much for your thoughts on this predicament of mine. Those suggestions are certainly something I can consider following up on.
I have to say I didn't have much luck with the VMware option yesterday as it fell over immediately, but at least now I have options, so thanks again.
Renato, i can do those things easily enough. Robin, what program would you use to clone the drive onto an ssd? It needs to be able to make it bootable obviously.
Thanks again anyway guys, your help is much appreciated