Thank you!! That's what I needed to hear!! [smiley=dankk2.gif]This deserves repeating: Make sure to save the hard disk. I'm 90% sure you can still extract the data.if you want to find cheap parts for old computers, you should try the local thrift stores. good will has tons of old computer hardware and i go there when a friends old system needs parts. sometimes you can buy a whole tower for 20 bucks.You know, in my town among the "computer geek" clique we have a saying: "It will always go bad where you try to save money". Words to live by.

Example: My machine is top-of-the-line compared to most computers in my state, thanks to a ton of investing. Upwards of a thousand dollars were spent. But I tried to save money in two PLACES:

1. My box was a $30 box. (This included the Power Supply)
2. I borrowed an old floppy drive from a machine that never saw better than WinME.

The powersupply fried - I MEAN there were ARC FLASHES in my box. My $200 motherboard was ruined. Thank GOD for my warranties! Later on, the floppy drive stopped responding to DISKETTES - I could boot with a non-system disk in the drive. The two places I didn't shell out the big bucks, I got kicked in the head. Hard. I was lucky not to LOSE unwarrantied hardware - like my $170 video card. Or worse, my $300 CPU. (Or is it warrantied? Hmm...)

(And yes, I am ostrasized into this clique. Which I really don't mind. )