Thanks for the help in getting my Man8.1/XP dual boot going succesfully. My next problem is the zip drive. Mandrake reports that the device (hdb4) doesn't exist when I try to mount it. I'm sure this has something to do with there being no disk in the drive at start up. The designation of hdb is correct & I read that Linux mounts zips as an extended partition, so the 4 should be correct. How do I fix this? One more newbie thing, where is the sound volume control? I know I saw it once, but I can't find it again!