On 3/11/2010 7:51 a.m., Jackie McBride wrote: > Well, killing a messed-up windows box is basically euthanasia. > Truthfully, probably makes every1's life easier in the long run. > Perhaps so, but the bit you kill may contain some important windows settings. If you format, those will be destroyed. You will then have to create a new setup and configure the operating system from scratch again. Does that suit you? -- Regards, John Durham Fax/Phone 64 4 5286786 PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Inventor of multi-spectral fibreoptics. Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied. Quote: What I cannot create, I do not understand. (Richard Feynman)