Hi, I honestly do not know. I believe it is used by the OS for some info storage in needs. I'm sure someone with more NTFS experience than I, can enlighten both of us. I just see it happen when I install win2k or XP and use NTFS. Thanks and have a Great Day! Joe Lore ============================================ What is the 8 Megs for, and what happens if you use something like Acronis PartitionExpert(2003) to partition a drive and it does not know it is for Win-XP, just that it is "scheduled" to be NTFS? Rick Glazier The NOSPIN Group is now offering Free PC Tech support at our newest website: http://freepctech.com