I have created the startup disk and it works, thanks! I still would like to create a bootdisk on my son's pc and have it boot the pc I am working on to see if it works both just for the knowledge and also for future use if I should ever need it, if I let this and other future difficult problems slip by without getting the experience to fix them, how will I ever truly learn to battle tough problems? Can you or anyone else help me get this done please? If so, how do I proceed with this?