sorry but I still don't understand I read all these faqs and stuff. I do not want to back up the entire disk on the other computer because I don't have 9 gb free. What I need to do is get access to the root folder and the /halflife/ folder for which I need to be logged in as root. I already had a previous installation of mandrake, can someone point me or tell me step by step instructions on how to do it, thanks a lot. So far the stuff I read isn't making much sense.