My machine crashed last Monday and all the attendant devastations ensued. I, contrary to the advise that I give clients, haven't beening backing up my stuff very often. So, for the past one week I have been running around like a headless chicken. I learnt more about the nuances of NT system crashes that I ever wanted to know in my life. To cut a long story short: I finally gave up on trying to repair my NT installation and upgraded to 2000, which I guess is a good thing. The bad part is, I lost almost all of my outlook data and contacts. It'll take me quite some time to put stuff back up again.