The following is not an advertisement, it is just good advice :rolleyes: , from someone who has been programming, fixing, and working with computers, for over two decades. I don’t know how I survived before I started using Norton Ghost. (One of several good applications out there) It creates an image of your drive. Then if you make changes, install software, or get creamed by a virus. No Problem. You just restore your saved image. Bingo you’re back in business. The Problem Never Happened! :excl: It has saved me weeks of time. Literally. I create a backup image before every major Install or Change I make, so instead of starting from scratch I just restore the last backup image and I’m ready to go. There are some tricks to using it or any other Drive Imaging software but its nothing compared to the benefits. I always create an image before the install of Oblivion so it’s easy to go back and install new hardware drivers, software drivers, and Windows Updates. (Image 1) And I can always use this image to do “clean” installs of Oblivion, Updated Patches (Official & Unofficial), and the latest versions of my Mod Managers and other Game Utilities. (Image 2) Then I create an image once those are installed and I have saved one game in the Imperial Prison. (Image 3) I have a group of mods that I have tested and I know are problem free. I install those, start the game up and go up a level or two. Then I create another image (Image 3) I am now free to install new untested mods check for conflicts, sort out problems, and decide which ones to keep and which ones to toss. I then restore Image 3 install the mods I want to keep and create my Oblivion Master Image (Image 4). Creating each backup image takes less than ten minutes (on my machine). This process may seem like a lot of work, but it is nothing compared to the days and even weeks of tearing my hair out :wacko: trying to find the needle in the haystack that caused a problem, only to find out in the end that I have to wipe the disk clean and start over from scratch >:( . Hope this helps someone out there. :blush: Any questions, I will be happy to reply. Storm Raven :rolleyes: