ugh Im using xp, but what I'm not sure about is would I have to type out the full directory? as in "cdimage -m -u2 -bC:\documents and settings\nick.company-40a878a\vista\boot\etfsboot.com" I've tried both ways, with the directory and without and I get basically the same error either way. Either... Could not open boot sector file "C:\vista\boot\etfsboot.com" and the other way... Could not open boot sector file "C:\documents" I know the file is in that directory "\documents and settings\nick.company-40a878a\vista\boot\etfsboot.com" I cant seem to get this to work at all, and I've tried the vlite way, but Ive just switched from vista to xp pro and Im having issues loading certain programs. Any help at all would be appreciated... Nick