that's the point, I had to clean off old data and just did the usual formatting = so, if I do a FAT format it will be read fine by Mac? -- Victoria L. Herring, Attorney in Des Moines, Iowa - Civil rights, Discrimination & Employment Law, http://www.herringlaw.com. Ph. 515/255-4475; iChat AV: victoriaherring at mac.com; Skype: vlherring.