Of course, unfortunately, OS 10.4.2 was on that partition with a good number of valued items that were lost. For instance, the key to QuickTime Pro was gone; the Address Book had late entries which I had not yet backed up. I have since erased that partition as you suggest. I simply had no other choice, but I dreaded doing that. I contacted Apple and got QuickTime going again. The addresses (and email addresses, and other pertinent info) I recovered by phoning. One of the other partitions holds OS 10.3.8 which, at least, allowed me to continue doing most of the things which were on my agenda. Nevertheless, I thank you for trying to help Karl _________________________________________________ For information concerning the MUGLO List just click on http://muglo.on.ca/Pages/joinus.html Our Archives can be viewed at //www.freelists.org/archives/muglo Don't forget to periodically check our web site at: http://muglo.on.ca/