I wiped both of my hard drives in order to exterminate NTFS. This is one of the longest ordeals I've faced to date, and I've been using computers since 1983. I tried using PartitionMagic 7.X to get rid of the NTFS partition on the D drive. PM kept complaining it couldn't do anything. I thought I'd succeeded in removing the D partition all together. No, instead, PM for some reason took great delight in deleting my C drive and Windows XP installation. I kept reinstalling, and carefully trying to get PM to behave. I thought I was sure to select the D drive and work on it. Next thing I knew the C drive and XP install were wiped. I was hampered by a faulty floppy drive, or I would have resorted to the tried and true Fdisk. I gave up after the 3rd or 4th reinstall of XP, and went to bed at about 4 am. I got up, took apart the computer, and swapped out the floppy drive. Luckilly the other floppy worked. I used Maxblaster software to exterminate NTFS, and finally reclaim my computer. Since then it's been Murphy's Law with a vengeance. I'm slowly making headway. It'll likely be a day or so before I can even install Poser. I've learned something here: I will never touch NTFS or recommend it to anyone in the future. Save NTFS for those who run commercial-grade networks and might need it. I don't. NTFS is a pain in the ass. To hell with it. I've had different versions of PartitionMagic since the 1990's. I've never totally understood PM, and it's never seemed to do the job for me. To hell with PM. You can't tell I'm mad, can you?! Ron