After doing some more looking around and trying third file imports it seems that before i imported the records from the 2000 box the records in the 2005 box did...

oh sorry the computer harddrive crash. nope of saving the original 2005 server install. i put it to a 2000 rather quickly so the users could have access it it.

the 2005 went down and i have a standalone development server on a laptop. no 2005 servwer are available. i am trying test to the 2005 dev to get ready...