[Radix]

I concede that.
I insist though, The Tech Support at Gateway is seriously lacking. That is why I swore. I was so frustrated.
I have read a number of things about recovering data. You can stick the hard drive in the freezer and later quickly get your data back. It is almost comical (if it didn`t hurt so much) all of the things that I have been advised on. I haven`t done anything yet though. I have been too busy learning my way around FR!

[Vidalia]

You'll get over it whether it is gateway or another brand later on like everybody else.

At least you are on the Learning Curve and not just damning the technology a la one of the mutant "AlGorites".

I have lost mucho data in the past, not due to a malfunction of a small (fixable)component, but because I threw the noted CPU case out of a second story to the driveway below.

It is not recommended...