Yeah I think I will have to agree with you there, looking back on it, my XP machine was running nicely till I started to upgrade parts. In hind sight should have done a rebuild each time, just back up my data and reinstall XP followed by my data. It wouldn't have stopped me from getting that virus, but it might have prevented such a catastrophic failure. Just leaves more to think about now. But I am very interested in the nVidia GeForce 8800 GTS softmodded to a Quadro 4600, any chance you could point me in the right direction on how to do that? Cheers Chris