Xperties: When I try to boot. I get a quick view of the XP logo, and there it is. LouCypher: I've got XP installed on a NTFS partition. I haven't been playing around with anything like Fdisk or partition magic this time (a couple of months ago, I had to re-install XP because of Partition magic!). I let a kid play some games on the comp. and when I turned it on after that, it was there. He claims that he didn't do anything, but what can an eight-year-old do anyway? I think I'll try that NTFSpro thing you mentioned. It'll be a big help to me if I can access the HD. Maybe I can copy the data, on the HD, to anther HD then.