The protection scheme for MS word is quite good. The last track is formatted with 256 byte sectors. One sector, however, has an ID that says it is a 1K sector. If you try to read it as a 256 byte sector, you'll get a sector not found. You can read it as a 1K sector with a guaranteed CRC error, and you will get the data and other sector overhead from 3+ sectors. They read it as 1K, and use the bytes after the first 256 for decryption. These bytes constitute the post-amble of the sector, the inter-sector gap, and the preamble to the next 256 byte sector. If it's not formatted with the correct inter-sector gap, it wont work. The best way around this is to modify the MWCOPY program so it will let you make more than one copy. The below mods will let you make as many backups as you want (and you can leave the write protect tab on your master disk). Of course, this method should only be used by registered owners of Word. If you, or any of your IMF force is killed, the secretary will disavow any knowledge of these patches. We will copy MWCOPY to another disk, using another name (MWCP) so you'll know it's the special version, and then modify MWCP. (with master disk in A:, B: has any disk with debug on it) A>copy mwcopy.com b:mwcp.com A>b: B>debug mwcp.com -e103 xxxx:0103 0x.00 -e148 xxxx:0148 A5.a7 -e194 xxxx:0194 02.04 -e32a xxxx:032A 1C.1e -e32e xxxx:032E 1C.1e -e3372 xxxx:3372 01.03 -ecfe xxxx:0CFE CD.9026.90 xxxx:0D00 5B.90 -e4ab xxxx:04AB 1B.84 -e69a xxxx:069A C1.b938.ff28.b9 -e7b3 xxxx:07B3 A2.5f08.e9 -e66f xxxx:066F E5.d8 xxxx:0670 94.2990.ff29.b9 -w Writing 332D bytes -q B>mwcp (try making a copy..remember, leave the write-protect on the master) (Just follow the prompts in the program, except when they ask you to remove the write protect tab) I think this will also work for the hard disk copy portion. Another way to unprotect Word gets rid of the need for any weird disk formats. But it is MUCH more complicated to do. Enjoy! BOGY