Whoa! What file did you delete from your hard drive that prevented you from booting to a start up disk? I always thought that you can boot to a start up disk with absolutely nothing on a harddrive except formatting and partitions because they are used to start the computer so you can install an operating system. Don Do YOU want a gmail account invitation? Include your email address in the body of a private message to dsw32952@xxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverly Hahn" <bhahn@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2005 6:14 PM Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: cleanup >I tried that once and wound up deleting something really important. I > couldn't even reboot from my start-up disk and had to take my computer > to the shop. When you have identical duplicate files, how do you know > which one you may safely remove? > > Thanks, > Beverly -- <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/ For more info: //www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/list?list_id=pctechtalk