Well, the power surge thing is interesting. We recently had to replace some circuit breakers (there's a main panel outside and two sub-panels inside), but they were only for the air conditioning circuits, not the one the computer is on. The work was done the day before the last day my computer was working, so probably not related to the crash. The electrician did not throw the main power switch (if he had, we'd have seen flashing clock lights, etc). But the electrical question was also the first thing my tech guy asked when I called the other day. I'll call the electrician and see if he can shed any light on this topic. I have an ordinary surge protector, not an UPS.

Ok, I'll have AW fetch the most recent backup file.

Thanks, Sue