On 12 Aug 98, at 16:57, Jim Cook wrote: > "Insert bootable media in the appropriate drive" Jim: Have you scanned for a virus (after booting with a clean boot disk)? It's possible that your boot system files are corrupted - Have you tried to re-sys the boot partition? Don't forget to visit: Curt's Corner in Cyberspace http://www.syspac.com/~cdavis .