Hi Group, You know me as Rocky de Dragon, Computer is down so I am on my Sweethearts machine. My machine is Windows XP Pro, 512 of Ram in one stick, 80Gig HD, in 3 partitions with approximately 25 % free in all partitions. Over time many programs began to load verrrrrry slowly and finally the machine crashed. My son had sent me a new copy of Win XP Pro so I formatted my C Drive and tried to install. 24 Files failed to copy and I wound up with a bad installation that would only continually cycle between the first three screens and never fully load. I am currently running ScanDisk from a boot floppy and will follow that with a program called MemTest 86 to check my Ram unless someone has a better way to check Ram. Any suggestions on how to proceed would be appreciated. I believe my data on D drive is safe and original copies of all my valued software on my E drive is safe. Awaiting any Help, Rocky de Dragon -- <Please delete this line and everything below.> To unsub or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/