Hugh,
I copied the contents of the 'warning' panel. It contained the computer
manufacurer logo plus the stuff shown below:

Recovery Partition
Warning!



This area of your hard disk

(or partition) contains files used

for your system recovery.



Do not delete or alter these files.



Any change to this partition could

prevent any recovery later.



I can not proceed past the 'warning'.



Paul Gene





> What is the warning?
> It sounds like MS' attempt to keep you out of system files.
> In Explorer,Tools/Folder Options/View, check "Show Hidden Files and
> folders".
> **************************************************************************
> I've heard of this before. However, I do NOT have a Windows XP CD. All of
my
> Windows info came stored on a partition on my hard drive. When I searched
> that partition for VALUEADD\MSFT\NTBACKUP, the results are zero. If I try
to
> directly access this partition, I am given a warning and I cannot access
it.
>
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