I'm getting this message during the boot process: While initializing device NTKERN: Windows protection error. You need to restart your computer. I had just installed a new MB and was also installing and new HD using Drivecopy to copy contents of a WD 1.6G HD to a WD 4G drive. got lots of errors and the copy halted. the message appeared when I rebooted the 1.6G drive. windows 98SE. any ideas? Chuck Finnigan [log in to unmask] Curious about the people moderating your messages? Visit our staff web site: http://nospin.com/pc/staff.html