Thank you for your quick response...If I decide to go with Electrum, can you provide me the link to download?
How do I export the private keys from the bitcoin core to electrum??
My system is old (vista OS). How long would you estimate the download of Electrum??
I hope to hear from you SOON!!!
Electrum is here:
https://electrum.org/#home(ONLY download from the official sites for any of the wallets, btw)
The Electrum sub-forum is here:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=98.0Electrum itself is small - maybe 30MB depending on the version so it is quick to download electrum itself.
As far as exporting, this has some step by step instructions:
http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/4203/how-can-i-export-the-private-key-for-an-address-from-the-satoshi-client/5933#5933 :
launch your bitcoin client
click on 'help' in the menu bar (top right)
click on 'debug window'
select the 'console' tab
type: walletpassphrase "your walletpassphrase here" 600
type: dumpprivkey [your Bitcoin address here]
this will return the private key, you can copy it now; ensure you clear your clipboard/history afterwards