< snip > Thanks for that, it basically encouraged me to use my setup disc and to be patient.
At the prompt I typed chkdsk /r and got the response 'The volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems. Now what, more research? Norman -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
