Eric thanks for explaining. I tried to ask my hacker buddies but there too smart to install Xp. It really drains the brain pool. Ya I know that's old and outdated but it explains slack space. I can't find info on NTFS and what it quarks are and no buddies to ask around here about it. Roolmops. You got 1024 meg in se? Did you have to add a line to the system 386 section of the system.ini file? I've been wanting to talk to somebody that actually did have 1 gig on se cause there is to much BS going around about it cause of micronots attemt to sweep the bug under the carpet instead of admitting they're goofs. ie 1 gig example: [386Enh] MaxPhysPage=40000 ie 756 meg example: [386Enh] MaxPhysPage=30000 If you haven't and are experiancing problems you might want to try it It just limits the table size. All memory is still available.