I went into the bios , and set the primary disk thing to auto, then i was able to get the boot cd started, ( I do not have a boot floppy, just a cd ) but then it stopped and said there where bad blocks encountered, mbr has been wiped, remove disks and restart the pc. Is there anything else i can do or is it time to get out my cheque book. the pc was running with windows millenium. help...anyone.???? thanx, annie _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Computer Talk Shop http://www.computertalkshop.com Un-subscribe/Vacation, http://listoptions.computertalkshop.com List HowTo: http://faq.computertalkshop.com To join Computer Talk Shop's off topic list, please goto: http://computertalkshop.com/other_cts_lists.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------------