Sorry that I forgot to metion that it was running Media Center. As for any loose parts, etc, everything is securely mounted and well connected to the correct places. To my knowledge, there was no "unknown electrical anomoly", (i'd never do anything with a computer without using a grounding bracelet.) When the system does come up, and i try a restore, it has no effect other than reverting the hard-drive back to a prior time. The problem of terribly slow boot times, or not booting at all still persists. When the computer does come up it runs just fine, quick as the blazes and runs like normal, just says no dial tone with the modem. (Which is good, I checked it in another system). And as i stated i am unable to locate the Rconsole with my Media Center disk, yes it is legitment, but it was purchased two days after release...hmmm

So I have already backed up any files that I care about and now am curious as to best way to reformat, the machine. Unfortuantly it does not have a Floppy drive. I've tried to boot it in safe mode and use the command prompt, but of course it will not dump because the volume is being used. Does anyone know another way to get just a command prompt to load instead of having to load it through the OS?

The Router