In a message dated 6/10/04 9:28:27 AM Pacific Daylight Time, rhb57@xxxxxxxxxx writes: Joe I wholeheartedly have to agree and despite the fact that I regularly replace drives and make a profit I am not making a profit from my viewpoinjt to this person - I just think it's dumb to try to fix something with software when the hardware is going to eventual crap. Hmmmmmm......... guess you don't use blowout patches either ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't. -- Pete Seeger"