i ran disc first aid, and it said 'can't repair ... invalid sibling link, 4, 6302' now what, i hate to ask ? weird because the computer/OS 9 has been working fine ! ~shahara <<I would run a disk utility first (Disk Utility if you're in OS X, Disk First Aid if you're in OS 9) and see if there's some sort of corruption. If at all possible, you'll want to boot from a CD to run the utility, for it to do the most thorough job; run the program twice to make sure any problems have been fixed. Good luck! BRIAN/bpearce at cloud9.net>>