the 2nd hd is working grand now so is their a need to re-format it?

no, no need to re-format it... good job, glad it's working now for ya.

no its not fixed, the hd is working but its the dvd drive that still isnt being read by xp

Try taking off the jumpers. (off the dvd drive) that should do the trick.

**sigh**

Merlin, your too quick for me again Guess that's a good thing though.

BTW is that you in the pic? I always thought you had a looooong white beard

Oh well, you can shoot lightning from your fingers though right? LOL.

ya it's me. I have a hard time keeping Avatars for a long period of time. Nice pic. I have a couple of those little devil's lol.

As for lightning, ask my son he said it feels like a shock when that belt goes on his ****. lol, jk.