It could be, Dave but this desktop is new and all of the external devices seem to work on other computers.
This HDD was cleaned, but I'm beginning to wonder if the system reserved partition is at fault. I have the
mfgr. software to clean it and replace the boot info, so I think I'll try that.
Meanwhile, thanks for your help, you've pointed me in the right direction several times. I'll let you know how things
turn out.