Peter: I always recommend answering no to this question. If the data are = absolutely nowhere else and you need to recover everything you can, say = yes. But, you would be stuck with a bunch of mostly meaningless files in = this case, and it wouldn't make the BP work any better. Rob Meredith >>> peter.rand@xxxxxxxxxxxx 10/14/04 06:53AM >>> Rob,=20 I used the command "chkdsk g: /f", and WinXP did clean up some problem = areas=20 on the CF card.=20 At the end of the process, I was asked something like this: "Do you want to convert damaged sectors to files: Y/N"=20 I said "no", since I wasn't sure what this function does. What is the=20 difference in selecting "Yes" or "No" to this question? Which response = do=20 you recommend?=20 Thanks,=20 Peter=20