I installed 7.0 without seeing this: http://www.pcplus.co.uk/discs/163a.asp or this: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fupdates.php3 Result: my FAT filesystem is a mess. Everything directly under my C: drive is OK, but everything in subdirectories is scrambled (files, directories, the lot....) Names are changed from e.g. 'britney.mpg' to '74£hjk;d;¬! @' (yes, I know, that's an improvement). Windows won't boot (because everything in C:\windows has been changed). Does anyone know how I can recover from this via linux or msdos? I have a windows boot disk but that is all. I would like to get my installation back, but failing that, can I at least recover the files? any help gratefully received cheers Dave