I again tried opening that Seagate file and was able to in Opera! Strange, that it wouldn't open in IE. A short. preliminary scan of the drive came up empty. But when I did the full scan, this is what they found: I'm coing to paste from what I copied. If it doesn't paste here, should I send it to your email, Troth? SeaTools Online Complete Surface Scan Started at 10:00:57 AM on 11/10/2005. Scanning drive: Primary IDE Channel : ST340016A Serial Number: 3HSBRCRE Capacity: 40.02 GB - An error was encountered reading sector 6141141. - An error was encountered reading sector 6141142. - An error was encountered reading sector 6143975. - An error was encountered reading sector 6143976. - An error was encountered reading sector 6144389. - An error was encountered reading sector 6146661. - An error was encountered reading sector 6146662. - An error was encountered reading sector 6147223. - An error was encountered reading sector 6147908. - An error was encountered reading sector 6148179. - An error was encountered reading sector 66784559. - An error was encountered reading sector 66784641. - An error was encountered reading sector 66784767. - An error was encountered reading sector 66786180. - An error was encountered reading sector 66789019. - An error was encountered reading sector 66793986. - An error was encountered reading sector 66794012. - An error was encountered reading sector 66796497. - An error was encountered reading sector 66812668. - An error was encountered reading sector 66812714. Errors were found during the scan. SeaTools has stopped scanning drive ST340016A because at least 20 sectors on the drive are unreadable. As a precaution against data loss, it is strongly suggested that you back up any important data on the drive as soon as possible. Do I have to tell you that I'm very ill? And does it all mean that errors can't be fixed? Betty -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/