thanx for all the help guys
with my corrupt OS i had no way of getting to those files - unless runnin win2k recovery when i'd have to copy files one by one. Its gonna take a while - backing up like 12 gb's - but its workin
I really appreciate all the help - this was the only place I could find where I had a fix and had a forum where I could get help - since we all know how good MS is for answering questions (they say there is no way to get to files are the OS is gone)

Again thanx a lot