The only thing that took a little figuring out for me was which of  the 
listed folders to find the wanted files in.
  I'm just starting to dabble in linux so I'm afraid I can't point you  
toward a good resource site. I'm sure there are many.
 -Phil-

>when  windows becomes  "un-bootable", I can run a copy of linux from cd to 
view  and copy folders in >the  corrupted os. If you have a major magazine  
outlet (books-a-million, etc.) look  
>for the latest copy of  "Linux format". It has several versions some of 
which 
>run  from  cd.

Thanks, Phil. Sounds like a great resource. However, I found on the  Linux 
site that versions of Linux can be downloaded free, for transfer to  bootable CD.
There seems to be a version for such a use as the above, not  for permanent 
installation.
Are the loading and recovery procedures  straightforward enough for this 
purpose? If not, any websites to point me to  for instruction?

Rob







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