It sure was BOAC.
I'm constantly amazed at the speed at which pruners come to the rescue, thanks to all.
Naples, I've recoverred a lot of stuff now, and the rest is not too important, just a few games for which I no longer have the CDs.
Just one further question:
When I loaded my XP professional, I cheched yes to being part of a network, though I didn't really need to. It's a network of two home machines.
Now it thinks I'm an administrator and requires an additional click to start windows.
Can you reload XP without disturbing the rest of the HD?