I finally solved my hard drive problem. Lots of thanks to Glen for all his help. I had an installation floppy that came with the drive, but it no longer worked. I went to the Maxtor site, downloaded the new version, put it on a floppy and it took care of it for me. By the way, Glen I had to format my C disk. One of the vital Windows files was corrupted, System Restore wouldn't work, my Restore Disk didn't work and things were really screwed up. Windows even started saying the Recycle Bin was corrupt, so I had no choice but to FDISK and Format my main drive. I had most of my important things backed up and I'm really better off. I got rid of all my ISP's crappy software and adds, and now have a clean installation with lots of room. I would never have been able to do it without learning from all the nice folks here. Jo Ann 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/