The version of Vegas 9 is actually a full version I won from Creative Cow many years ago. I don’t like to use the latest versions of software because of potential bugs and glitches and never installed it. I’m from the school of if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. I finally decided after a new camera purchase to upgrade my whole setup. Many brand new drives come preformatted with Fat 32. But many drives I have are older. A little scary to hear that drives are susceptible to failure. How should I back up my files then? A Tb worth of DVDs? My new computer doesn’t have SATA but USB 3 connections. If I format a new drive to NTFS will I be able to transfer media files to the new drive? Most important can I use Sony Vegas 32 bit on my new machine? Iam New to Windows 7 so sorry dir any ignorance. Thanks John for the quick reply-Tony