Hi, I have heard this tale of woe many times from several news groups. I use a second hard drive, and "xxcopy" to make the second an identical HD clone as backup. This backup HD is even bootable -- just in case my primary HD completely goes up in smoke some day. Then one doesn't have to "shoot" oneself. Anyone who is interested just email me. Andy quark@erols.com SEAMUS6387@aol.com wrote: > > <Snip> > ... messing up > my HD and loosing about 500k of info, including what he's asking for. So, > can anyone help me out? > > PS. I lost all of my recipes, shoot me now! > TIA, > James P.