Got a virus scanner? Weird things like this can also happen with defective software and/or drivers also. I had a bad burner software package shutdown any access to the "my computer" tree because a minor crash would occur due the drive with the bad software was being queried. I Removed the offending package and all was well. Thats just one example of software strangeness. Think of what was recently installed that might have contributed to the problem. Conversely, the Unistall process may have gone badly. Did you try a non destructive system restore? Jim McVey McVey Alltronix 327 Broadway Newburgh N.Y. 12550 "If it doesn't play... CALL MCVEY !!!!!!" Factory authorized service for over 20 major brands. 845 561 8383 (Last of the Mohegans) Bil Green wrote: >Can't Access Drives > >I can't open Windows Explorer or any window, which displays all >the files on my 4 partition Windows 2000 system. If I try it >locks up the system. > >I recently uninstalled RestoreIt, which had installed an >additional partition for storing restore points and this did >disappear during the uninstall. > >I have dual boot with Windows XP (and it works fine) > > >These are the things I've tried, none of which have helped much: > >1. Ran Chksdk using /p and /r in the Recovery Console and this >sometimes gets things back to normal for a while > >2. Deleted all the partitions on my hard drive, created new >partitions and copied everything back (Ghost 8.0 partition copy). >Worked fine for many hours and then the problem returned. > >3. Did a Repair install of Windows 2000 > >4. Reinstalled the motherboard drivers > >Bil > >PC 1000 >M-Pulse 5000 magnetic pulse generator >http://magpulser.com >Mammoth Lakes, CA >760-924-1000 > >mailto:magpulser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >--- >avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. >Virus Database (VPS): 0603-3, 01/18/2006 >Tested on: 1/19/2006 4:34:39 AM >avast! is copyright (c) 2000-2003 ALWIL Software. >http://www.avast.com > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------------- >This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. >Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm >Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation >Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". >Email Archives: http://www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.375 / Virus Database: 267.14.19/231 - Release Date: 1/16/06 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This Email List is accessible to the general public through search engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm Set Vacation mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: http://www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/