Ralph, great idea, didn´t think of that one yet. I´ll give it a try! Weird feeling btw: as I write I`m running everything, system, software, docs etc, from a jaz. Crusty (sometimes) very finicky jaz - who would have thought it`d come to my rescue like that? tobias. On 07.01.2003 02:11, DuoList at lists.themacintoshguy.com wrote: Message-Id: <v04220803ba3fd589bd77@[192.168.1.101]> Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 18:56:57 -0600 From: Ralph Mawyer <mac2400 at satx.rr.com> Subject: [Duo2400] Re: Startup Problem II - followup Sometimes Norton will identify/mount a drive that no other software=20 sees, but I can't remember where in the menu it shows up. Another alternative is to try a HD utility like FWB, if you can mount=20 it then Diskwarrior might be able to salvage the directory. Grasping at straws here...sorry. >Thanks for the help - but no software I have (Norton, TT Pro, DiskWarrior, >Mt. Everything) recognise the >drive, so it can=B4t diagnose it. Anything I overlooked? > >-tobias. >