Hi, Ibrahim. > This is not necessarily an XP operating system issue. It sounds more like a hardware issue with either the floppy disk You are right! I've been away for a day or two. Just checked my disks again and found that I can create bootable floppies with another box of disks I have. They are: MF - 2 HD. Double Sided High Density. The disks which give me the error message are: MF 2DD. Double Sided Double Density. Just right-clicking the drive with one of these disks in gives me the egg timer and non opening of disk. Obviously these disks are not suitable for my computer... Why is this? Many thanks. Kind Regards, Ted. -------- ================================== To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/winxplist.cfm