When I resurected the XP machine with the dead HD (see previous post) I foolishly left the USB Compact Flash/Smart Media/Memory Stick reader attached - the Windows installer recognises those devices and assigns them drive letters in preference to the primary hard drive - so when I installed XP and booted it for the first time I realised my system drive was labelled as H:\ - once set you can't change it from the drive manager - I suppose it isn't the last couple of hours I'll *waste* with a Micro$oft OS!