Boot from a windows startup disk and run the following command multiple times (5 or 6): fdisk /mbr For some strange reason the m$ utilities for this kind of thing fail to overwrite the boot block. I wonder if this is related to the fact that the partition table for m$ ignores the first 500 bytes or so of the partition. At any rate, this will resolve your problem. ======= Kirk Wood Cpt.Kirk at 1tree.net Nowlan's Theory: He who hesitates is not only lost, but several miles from the next freeway exit.