Onto....? Is your backup bootable? The official way is with a 6-button front panel for your box... but you've got a bigger question to ask yourself first: is your disk controller a RQDX1 (M8639-YA), a RQDX2 (M8639-YB), or a RQDX3 (M7555)? The answer will determine what sort of drives you can hook up. You have to format the "new" drive with the appropriate XXDP formatting program, ZRQB?? for a RQDX1/2, or ZRQC?? for a RQDX3. You're asking a lot of really basic questions about this sort of stuff, enough to indicate to me that you haven't read the definitive FAQ about the small DEC drive systems of this era. I highly recommend that you read "third-party-disks.txt" available from ftp.spc.edu and other places, it will answer a *lot* of your questions like this. But, the short of it is, if you have a RQDX1 or 2 you can't put the same drives on it as if you had a RQDX3, and we can't make any specific recommendations until you tell us which you have. -- Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com Trailing Edge Technology WWW: http://www.trailing-edge.com/ 7328 Bradley Blvd Voice: 301-767-5917 Bethesda, MD, USA 20817 Fax: 301-767-5927