When my P.C boots up an error message appears saying "CPU has been changed or is corrupt see Core settings" and when entered the settings are set to a AMD 1500+ processor at 133mhz - mine is a 2100 - but when i try and change it the cpu crashes and doesn't boot up properly afterwards. The only way to get it up and running again is to reset the CMOS which brings back the CPU problem. I'm also usure of whether I need the system disk in when editing the BIOs as I have changed the boot settings without but have read that you need it in when changing it. Also I've read that splitting the hard drive is a good way to save disk wastage and thus have done so. My hard drive is spilt into 5 but somewhere along the way I have lost 8 gigs - my hard drive is 123.5 but all my 5 drives add up to 115 gigs. Is there anyway to retrieve this as it is quite alot of space. Finally I have win XP on a 60 gig partition but have read in some places that its worth having it on its own small partition to allow easy re-installtion. Is this a good idea ? thanks, SeK 612

Splitting the hard drive does not save any wastage nowadays, this was the case because of the fat cluster sizes, if you use fat 32 or NTFS (NTFS being the prefered option) then this no longer really applies. This also makes it harder to manage if spread over 5 partitions. Reverting back to 1 or 2 partitions could also give you back your lost space, If using NTFS some space is used for security etc.