there is a way to load 2K in DOS Navigate to the I386 folder and choose winnt.exe this will start the setup program and from win9x same folder and use winnt32.exe The menu choices are slightly different and if you've used a 'backup' of a CD you may get file errors if the backer upper was unaware of some pitfalls. colin -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics