Thank you all, Carl, Dave, Jim, Julian, Leo and Phil. I decided (after all tries failed) to go with the sure thing, format! Of course first I have to stash 100+GB files somewhere. Thanks again, Zoltan -- Zoltan Bokeny bokeny at earthlink dot net Fayetteville, North Carolina I will not shop at "Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. of China"!