Jean Thanks for the tips, still no recognization of the 2048 byte sector though. I had blue death strike again, I think my HD is failing again, can't blame MS for that though. Could not reinstall 98 on that drive after trying 5 times. Always some program making a wrong turn. Received Red Hat 5.2, no to install it. I have a slow connection so I am waiting for the SEUL disk. Bud