I ([log in to unmask]) wrote: : Whenever you do a START NORECOVERY [GROUP=<config group>], a new configuration : group is established. If you don't specify the GROUP parameter, the new : configuration group is CONFIG. During the boot process, the OS makes a copy : of the specified or default configuration files in BOOTUP.SYS. Then, : subsequent START [RECOVERY] boots use the config files in BOOTUP.SYS, : not the ones in the original configuration group. None of the configuration : groups are considered protected, and they don't need to be. The current : configuration is always in BOOTUP.SYS and those files *ARE* protected. In : fact, once you realized your mistake, you could have done a : START NORECOVERY GROUP=BOOTUP. Then, after booting, you could have fixed : the CONFIG.SYS group and re-booted with a START NORECOVERY. Actually, I made one "minor" error in the description above. When you do a boot with START [RECOVERY], the OS uses the files from the original configuration group *UNLESS* they've been modified or no longer exist. Then, the OS uses the files in BOOTUP. Mike "Get your facts straight before posting" P. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Mike Paivinen [log in to unmask] Hewlett-Packard CSY - Mailstop 47UA 19447 Pruneridge Avenue Cupertino, CA 95014