Just note to say Thanx to Alderall Assassin and Sentient and the rest of this forums many contributors. The program DBAN was recommended by Alderall for cleaning up a hard drive. I can vouch that it works like a charm. Sentient too recommended a fix to speed up Firefox. It is working beautifully too. Many others have contributed other much useful advice that I have used and enjoyed. It has helped this old hippie chick to better utilize my computer and surf more safely and with ease . Please keep up the posts and know this....All your efforts are greatly appreciated. Peace, Cricket