It doesn't as long as you use the correct option. Use -f instead of -y --- James Paul Manley Albuquerque, New Mexico Jim Manley's Photoshop Elements Page http://www.geocities.com/jim_p_manley/index.html On Nov 26, 2005, at 5:17 PM, Ron Reames wrote: > Having journaling turned on should not prevent you from fsck.