Does anyone have an answer to this. I told him I'd send it to the list and then send him any responses. Thanks Linda Aldridge Linda Got your E mail address off of nospin. I have a question. I am working on a friends computer, an old 486. I zipped his entire hard drive, and dumped it to a CD. Now I am trying to build a batch file so that if anything ever goes wrong, he can pop the CD in, and extract all his files and it will be right back the way it was today. Only problem is I gotta get it to format (copying the system over), then extract his files. Computer only has 16 meg of memory, when I try and format c: /s it says insufficient memory. I tried loading MSCDEX high, still no help. How do I free up enough memory to do the format? It has an old Sony CD ROM drive, and a reveal sound card. I am sure this is taking up some of the RAM, but shouldn't be eating that much. Do I have to have it load himem and stuff to do this? What I thought was going to be a simple task is not so simple, I am forgetting all the basics of DOS. Any tips would be appreciated. Bob Holder Curious about the people moderating your messages? Visit our staff web site: http://nospin.com/pc/staff.html