Hi Jonathan, The computer cannot see when I remove a disk, therefore, it never refreshes the cache when I change disks. It never realizes that the disk has been changed. So I have the Lisp sources on If your aim is to, for now, just recover the disks open a shell (cli) window and type diskchange df0: That forces a cache update from the media. If diskchange isn't resident on your A1000 copy it to RAM: first Cheers, Lee. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- This email is intended only for the above named addressee(s). The information contained in this email may contain information which is confidential. The views expressed in this email are personal to the sender and do not in any way reflect the views of the company. If you have received this email and you are not a named addressee please delete it from your system and contact Merlin Communications International IT Department on +44 20 7344 5888. _____________________________________________________________________ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call 01285 884400.