hi, Doh .... alright ...alright ... seems everyone and their mother has protools now (and yes, my mom has protools) ..no disrespect ... "weirdos" i mean "studio rats" a scene that in the day ...ran the industry by being the only ones to hammer out crap like this ... my apologies *bows* .. the FAT32? .. cripes .. i woldn't assume that ...if anything, i was trying to keep it all plain jane, thinking that NTFS would just throw more(permission,etc.) in the mix (I'm running another partiion of XP that formatted these disks). The partition is 20GB .. well under the 32gb limit. i myself know 8 people that sit on this forum like it's a religion ... who like me , have this on a laptop next to the rig,mixdesk sidecart,etc. .... always refreshing ... just glad it's got graphics now...bbs style blows when your drunk. i appreciate the time ... I'll figure it out ... Respects,