An 80 gig backup drive?!? that's more than the combined total of ALL my beasties dead and alive. :( Note, someone forfeited a longstanding friendship a few years back by getting into my computer and updating my software while I was out and he a guest in my home. He had no rights to explore my machine, much less change anything. It was a work beastie full of confidential information. People may think they are doing a favor, but nobody should change anybody's software without warning, permission, and backing up first. That is more than courtesy, it is common sense. Carolly