Tim Seaton's post (clipped) <<<< My PC has completely crashed and is no longer recognizing the operating system (Windows XP Home).>>>> it will help if you can give an idea as to how it "crashed". what I mean is did it do so one fine morning when you powered up/ while running any programs/ games/ was the system moved around somewhat prior to the crash/do you recollect the last program or whatever you were running prior to the crash/ was it shut down for the day ? sometimes one gets clues from these. good luck----Venkat Visit our website regularly for FAQs, articles, how-to's, tech tips and much more http://freepctech.com