Hallelujah finally back in windows after another grub/linux scare. Luckily I had the WindowsXP recovery disc so I could fix it- also thanks to Knoppix that allowed me on my second attempt to get access to the net to find the correct procedure at the command-line. It is quite amazing that I decided to familiarise myself with the Windows XP CLI just the other day. Serious headaches and possible expenditure have been saved hooray! However it leaves me feeling a bit pissed offwith Linux. However now I know the reset MBR "command" fixmbr I have a blunt weapon to deal with the problem if it occurs again. iI iknow I am a newbie but even an easy to use and stable set up seems far less stable than XP_ - this must have been major startup problem number six in amount five months of use. XP has had scary moments about once a year. I think I'll try and stick ubuntu on it as its a nice easy install. Or as its there I could try mandriva. Or not - I've learnt a few tricks from Linux that I cabn bring back to xp and I know knoppix can work so why not forget about the second disk (I suspect it might be a bit of a dodgy disk anyway) Another linuxify windows moment is installing vim on the machine. I wrote this all in the console mode of vim shame it doesn't have the same integration as on linux but then there's alot of things missing from linux such as reliability with a dual boot.