Michael wrote: > > > box won't boot from a: > Dale wrote: > > Go into the CMOS and look for a section that lists your boot sequence. It > > probably reads C:,A:. Change it to boot from A: first. Michael wrote: > been there. > done that. In that case, it sounds like your emergency disk is very sick. Can you boot from any other floppy? Can you read the emergency disk when you boot from C:? The only other thing I can think of is in the too obvious category: Have you two floppy drives? You are using a:, not b:, aren't you? :-) -------------------- Peter Byrnes [log in to unmask] Senior Technician Downs MicroSystems Toowoomba, Qld, Australia http://www.downsmicro.com.au