Hi Tonia, : ) (It's the REFORMAT word I'm trying HARD to ignore that keeps coming up!) I have Win 98. And yes, I've installed over the top before, but it's been a while. I was afraid if I did it, that it would add MORE hidden files and take up MORE room on my HD, room that I can't afford to spare. By data, you are speaking of things like microsoft Word files, right? I do have a lot of email to backup and that takes up a lot of space I know. I was just afraid that if I put it to a cd then deleted it all, that I would somehow mess up and not have the stuff I don't want to lose and it would then all be gone..... since I have the emails in folders and store a lot of data there. <blohhhhhhhhhch blok blok blok blokkkkkkkkkkk> Hey, that's my best 'chicken' imitation! What can I say???? : ) Sincerely, G.R. Hanson Arkansas USA ----- Original Message ----- From: Tonia <ltonwannabe@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 9:53 PM Subject: [pchelpers] Re: hidden files Hi Re-Na Don't be a coward. Go ahead and do as Don B advised. <g> Tonia --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.323 / Virus Database: 180 - Release Date: 2/8/2002