It appears that I am on my way to another crash for some reason or another. I cannot get into anything but the safe mode so into the shop it will go tomorrow. Cannot access the floppy drive , the CD rom or anything. Wish me luck and say a prayer to the Great Computer God. I cannot believe this could happen on a brand new system.... "E" Earliene Kaelin [email protected] or [email protected] 1118 156th St. East Tacoma, WA. 98445-2324