I have an Inspiron 8500 with XP.  It has a 40G hard drive.  After almost 5 years, the hard drive is almost full.  I got an external hard drive.  I don't have any problems exporting to the external drive, but I want to be able to clear the original hard drive.  BUT, I also want to be able to export them back if I want to use them for something.  When I import them back to the Dell Image, the title and description does not show.  When I Explore, they are there, but they don't show.  Any suggestions?

Thanks!