Hello Marye

Thank you for your response.

I am running on Win98.

I have anti-virus software. Nonetheless, I went to housecall and run the scan - no viruses were found.

Anyway, I will see how it goes. I will have to brush up on my MSDOS to remove the files - can't remember the commands!

Regards,
Susan.

> How did you determine that the zip drive was
> responsible?

> What, exactly, happened?

> Well, this part is (probably) easy. You need
> to note the names of the corrupted files,
> then go to a command prompt. If you're using
> Windows 9X, go to Start==>Accessories and
> look at the offerings. You're looking for
> MSDOS. When you click on that, you should
> get a blank screen, with a command prompt.
> Depending on where the file is, you'll have
> to CD to the directory where the file is to
> be able to delete it. (You may even need to
> change the attributes of the file in order
> to do this.)

> Since I don't know what your operating
> environment is, I really hesitate to try to
> direct you much further.

> As to why? Same answer. It could be driver
> conflict. It could be an errant program
> you've installed. Maybe you've corrupted
> your Windows installation by improper
> shutdowns. And maybe you've picked up a
> virus that is slowly destroying your system.
> You can verify or deny that fairly quickly
> by going to http://housecall.antivirus.com/
> .

> Much more detailed information would be
> required to give you adequate help, and even
> then, since it's Windows, I might not be
> able to help much.