ruddy ell i thought 5.25's went out yonks ago!!!! glad to hear you got ya data off it tho! i transferred all my 3.5's i had onto compact's as soon as i got a CD-ROM compatible PC back in '94 i totaly agree with some of your posts though, im 24 now and i remember getting a commodore 64 and i thought that was all the rage, up untill last summer i still had one Brand Spanking New never been out the box, sat up in my dads loft! and the old git went and sold it on ebay 'i was having a clear out was his excuse' i flipped out at him over that! my 6 year old niece has her own laptop, her own LCD TV which is connected up to a tower system, an Ipod Touch, and a top the range mobile phone (samsung galaxy) and im like WTF!!! she is 6 years old! shouldnt she be outside learning to ride a bike, or playing tag, or playing dressup girly princess's with her friends or like i used to when i was that age go n thrash the hell out of a Dirt bike round a track prooving to all the other lads girls are just as good. seems to me today youngsters are too relient on technology and im more then willing to admit to it aswell, id be lost without me Blackberry, and me laptop. Bring back the olden days i say! give us younger generation a chance to experience life without it all!