[Phalanx]

Thanks zwoti...I did what you said and a couple of other things, and the disk is now being recognised and at the moment, formatting.

Still having issues with the sound...just not sure what to do.
I've determined that I don't have a soundcard...it's onboard sound. But, at this point I'm stuck. I tried getting the reccomended ac97 driver thing, but that didn't work either.
What's a soundcard worth?
Are they worth getting? I mean I've always been happy enough with the onboard sound, I'd just like it to work.

...Why the standard pc/windows can't have some kind've internal scanning application that says what you've got and what's needed to make it work, when it's not working...is beyond me...