Alright Pete....I hear you man, and really don't want to argue about this. I'll private message you the logistics of where Microsoft and I stand. When we get this figured out I'll send you a message, and let you know what we did. As for the change machines idea....you got it man. That is what we were going to try if the partition recovery software that I bought didn't get me all of nmy partitions back. I DO appreciate the post man. Thanks