Well, I have Newton back with a new CD/DVD drive and have restored the Xandros system. Amazingly, was able to get all my bookmarks, e-mail etc. back. Having a little trouble trying to find a desktop theme that works properly, but I will NEVER ever EVER again hit any button that says "Enable 3D Effects". Never.

$159 poorer, but hey, I didn't waste the $80 I spent on Xandros.