Aaahh!! Feels so nice to be able to stretch my hands again and actually be able to hit the right keys the first time
The courier service was early - 7 a.m.

Nice! So now I've already spent half the day partitioning and installing stuff, etc.
Thanks for all your help and words of encouragement - it was appreciated
And it now looks like that my netbook can be fixed by flashing the BIOS