[jaynick]

just to give you an update i managed to extract the firmware from my freinds using your guide and sf1wx program repaired the dump file successfully...now i have loaded some full firmware from your download section+the one i repaired i am getting a blue screen which if i look at on a angle i can just make out a few icons and can scroll through them however not clear enough to read..does this mean i am getting close?...is the 1st firmware incorrect?...if you think this may be the case is there one u think i should try or is it possible to extract the full firmware form my freinds without damaging it...just one other point windows explorer is only seeing the drive as 233mb...the details of the chip etc are in my first post...thanks again and again and again