anthonie, Thanks for the info on the live CD, had a good read this morning and it's definitely something I will try.

Not so happy about the youtube clip though! ;-) I had loads of work to do this morning, fantastic and as usual lead me on another journey through youtube! Thanks, I'd not seen that one :-)..

On Topic - my microCD adapter arrived this morning and the switch made no difference, still unable to format as it's still write protected!