A friend had a problem with his computer. I re-formatted the hard drive. No problems reported. I then installed Windows 95 (it had been functioning on this computer before until something happened). No problem UNTIL it fires up for the first time (at the end of the setup). Things go smoothly until it looks for hardware. At this point it locks up. I have re-formatted the drive again and repeated the installation. Same problem. The computer itself is very basic. No sound card, no network card, no CD (using a backpack CD like I did originally when it installed fine). Any suggestions? ------------ Regards, Paul Ecclestone Success comes in cans, failure in can'ts The NOSPIN Group provides a monthly newsletter with great tips, information and ideas: NOSPIN-L, The NOSPIN Magazine Visit our web site to signup: http://freepctech.com