I've now found a driver for it (no chance of finding anything for Windows 7) which is now installed in XP running in a virtual M/C. This allows me to mount the scanner and start a scan but it then un-mounts it's self halfway through. the Umax software I found this morning on a Russian FTP server cant see the scanner at all. I think the next step may be to try reinstalling from the umax disc having kept a copy of the VS32.dll that the Russian software installed.