In trying to get my backup done yesterday and the debacle with Retrospect, I messed around with my prefs trying to get my LaCie burner to work with the Retrospect. It won't. But, then after having run some errands, I was not remembering that I'd changed my prefs and tried to launch Netscape to download another program. It told me it had no mailbox and asked me to make one. I KNEW that was wrong...or thought something was strange, but darn it, I did it...hoping it would identify my old one. Instead, it did make a new one. Then, I realized I needed to change my prefs set up and did it and shut down, but now my old email box appears empty...there appear to be two, but both are empty. How can I retrieve my old one with some valuable info in it? I need to back it up as well. Looks like I'll be backing up most of the day so I can send the book off for repair. Pat, the dummy