Got 'er most of the way back up... (I got bored whilst waiting for Windoze setup, so I fired up the missus' laptop... mine doesn't have any modem software isntalled, and I didn't want it patched to the wireless transciever.) This is the first post from the Windoze half of the repair... as soon as I get some files moved around and cleaned up, it'll be time to reboot and install the Linux half. Fortunately, I only had to pop in a few CD's and unzip the lot of 'em :) ...only problem is, it takes forever to unzip 'em in Windows. BTW - I wound up with the Fireball in a Maxtor box... seems Maxtor bought Quantum up, and had been selling a lot of Quantum's stock in Maxtor boxes. I thought nothing of it because Maxtor also included a message saying that they'll back up the Fireball w/ the same warranty, etc... Now, I'm not so sure. The new drive is a Seagate :/ /P