hey i tried doing what u said and i get the load part and everything but when it comes to the part at the end where it tries "heuretics" the program (brute force) stops responding and will not complete. Also the file extension ".bfu" for the script doesn't show up i have to look for it in my file directory under "All Files" when im in the folder. Any thoughts? ideas? i really need to get this stuff off my computer i have laods of important information i need to save and can't make a backup for them. please help thanx in advance.