Michèl, In response to your mail of Sunday, October 13, 2002 9:12:34 PM: MAS> What BIOS is your computer running? I used to have a Compaq PC MAS> with a very minimal amount of BIOS memory; the main BIOS MAS> configuration program is actually located in a hidden partition. MAS> If you accidentally wipe it from Linux, tough. Erase Linux, go MAS> back to Windows and run Compaq's utilities to recreate it. You can usually create floppy disks with the Compaq BIOS programs, and boot from those to modify the BIOS settings if you need to, I believe. -- Best regards, James.