RAK, this would be a fabulous "butt saver" to many of us; will you outline the procedure? I obviously have never tried this procedure even tho it possibly could have saved a total system melt-down that I experienced a few days ago. (Ironically, it was a dual-boot problem with a Linux OS that caused the melt-down) I guess I just assumed that if the primary OS would not boot, that a Live CD (in any OS) also would not load. Perhaps this could save many "I lost everything" stories. (Fortunately, I had all my "stuff" backed up elsewhere and only lost a few hours time and a few desktop internet shortcuts.)