Tim: > > When you plug the drive into a PC, do you see anything other than your > > music files listed? That'd be a big clue. Thufir: > [thufir@arrakis ~]$ > [thufir@arrakis ~]$ ll /media/MSCN/ > total 64 > -r-xr-xr-x 1 thufir root 375 Dec 27 2002 SETTINGS.DAT > drwxr-xr-x 2 thufir root 32768 Dec 27 2002 VOICE > [thufir@arrakis ~]$ > [thufir@arrakis ~]$ date > Tue Oct 3 18:30:38 IST 2006 > [thufir@arrakis ~]$ > [thufir@arrakis ~]$ > > > I'd have to re-install things? > > > Or, could I just backup the SETTINGS.DAT file? Simple to find out: Rename or move those files off the player, for a test. Then try and use it without them. -- (Currently running FC4, but testing FC5, if that's important.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.