what is the exact error message? what is the command that you are using? which partition is it? in recent times i have not come across any virusses this distructive (it would seem like our precious customers AKA users, virus writers are getting less technical) -munir On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, johndmiller wrote: > Thank you for all input. I have tried to mount it as vfat and get the > same error. I will try the dd idea, if it works great, other wise he ends > up with another 10 gig HD and that is ok too. > > John Miller >