Dave,
Sorry to sound like a doofus here however, I probably "are" one
I'm not sure that what I'm thinking is what you're saying so please just bear with me on this re: the kernal panic issue:
Are you saying that when I get ready to run SD (whether on Sandbox or the main SD backup) I might be better off not "suspending" VmWare but rather "exiting or quitting it?"
If I do that (quit or exit VmWare) land then run SD using Smart Backup (which I usually do) or even if I run "copy all files" would SD still backup the VmWare folder (even though I've closed it instead of "suspending" it) and any changes to the Quicken (XP) within it?
The answer is probably obvious however, I'm just not sure....
Many thanks again for your patience.
tuni