(posted and mailed)

Hi, Katie, thanks for your reports and your work at Dumas!

It's great when you students are so resourceful.  But we don't want to require that you use too much of your own computing and related resources.  In the email version of this comment I'll give you some details on a portable disk reader/burner that would be available to you at the school.  (Also, we may be able to provide the XP install disk instead.)

Have a fine vacation!