there is no I.E. on the drive,

By the way Internet Explorer is present on the system as it is a component
part of Win Me. I assume therefore you mean that it has never been
updated to IE6, something I feel you should do as a matter of urgency once
you have recovered your system.
--
Mike Maltby



William B. Lurie wrote:

Mike, there is no I.E. on the drive, and no Media Player 9. Does
that make the reinstall more practical?