At 1:36 AM +0800 3/13/06, Lucas Jacinto wrote: >I recently screwed up my 700mhz ibook! [...] i ran a Norton disc >utility CD to optimize my hard drive If you google your problem, you'll find that Norton is pretty well-known for its ability to do this to a drive. Some have found this helpful: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106908 M