On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 07:39 AM, Patrick McGlynn wrote: > I wrote the other day I was reinstalling OS on my hard drive when my > computer froze. the computer now starts up with the disk in and me > holding down the c button and then with the extensions off. when it > is on there is no sign of the hard drive and i have no destination > disk to install the software What version OS are you running, and what version are you trying to install ? What machine do you have ? groucho