Thanks for all the help. I'm in good shape. The reflash did not require me to enter the lock code. I have a feeling that the code requirement during reflash that some people have referred to may be the wlan code which is required to gain access to the Nokia restricted downloads site.

I have to admit I let my machine boot windows so that I could use the wizard provided by Nokia for reflashing which is more refined than their Linux facility. I guessed that this would give me more chance of not requiring the lock code.

I did not see the link provided by Saturn before doing this, which looks promising. I will be careful about using the backup (which I bypassed in the Wizard) from the advice given by GeraldKo and gazza_d.

Thank you all.

Bonny