James Paul wrote: > All, > > I have a computer (Sony Vaio Desktop machine) that will not start. > There is some important data on it I need to get off and I figured > I'd boot up with DOS and write the data from the HDD to a Parallel > Port CDROM Writer (ie Backpack). Once I get the data off, I'll > reformat the HDD and reload all the software. So what I'm looking > for is software that will allow me to use the CDROM writer from DOS. ........ Jim, there are several places on the web where you can find specific drivers. I tracked this http://www.ita.sel.sony.com/support/storage/drivers_2.html down from here: http://www.driverzone.com/cdrom.html I have also accumulated several driver page links here - [see bottom of section]: http://www.oricomtech.com/teklink3.htm#SW2 - dan ============= -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.