FC Farwell said: >Oh no I should have stayed with 10.3.6. > >I can no longer back up to my firewire drive in 10.3.7 - i was trying >to locate the archives and see if there is a known quick fix? Try downloading the combined updater for 10.3.7: http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/macosxcombinedupdate_10_3_7.html Dismount and disconnect your FireWire drive. Run the combined updater. Then shutdown your Mac. Restart with your FireWire drive attached. See if that helps. Randy B. Singer Co-Author of: The Macintosh Bible (4th, 5th and 6th editions) Routine OS X Maintenance and Generic Troubleshooting http://www.macattorney.com/ts.html