From bad to worse instability crept in after installing a DVD writer. To stablize things I put back the old CD writer & successfully created backup iso-images with !fbackup. Now when I start up I get some disc errors but most things seem to work - hence the email. Unfortunately when I try to Burn the DVD it says "operation not supported" Have I damaged that as well? I dare not switch off in case it won't start again Any suggestion how I can at least rescue my backup files that seem to be intact? Might I be able to write them to a portable USB drive? !Dpingscan works on the USB ok.?? Do PC world sell anything that might work? Chris. -- C J Craig Chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx www.chriscraig.co.uk Castle Iyonix PC XScale Processor RiscOS 5.10. --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support