Thanks for your sympathy and assistance. Unfortunately, it appears the drive heads are jammed on the data. I've had people working on it. I intend to retain the hard disk in a safe place until a cure is found for this disease! Recommendations from the specialists I have consulted say a zip drive is not as reliable as a CD Rom R/W (read/write). Buy the fastest rpm you can afford. Prices are high now but will be coming down. They go between $250-400.00. May I suggest you BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP away from your hard drive. Thanks, Kim OliverKid@aol.com Researching: OLIVER, LOFFLAND, GUINTHER, ROUSH, RICKARD, MEHAN, LANDERS, BASHAM, EDWARDS, SPRIGGS, ET AL in VA, WV, & OH