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I did check early on if there was something i could 'switch' on or off in services but its not listed..... Good news problem solved, in a fashion I cloned my hard disc and then deleted the PQService EISA partition so at least i still have the original drive to fall back on if required Many thanks for all of you who helped

i tried a system restore and the problem was still there

Acer Aspire T180 Amd Athlon 64 x 2 4GB ram Vista sp2 For no apparent reason after start-up, PQService has decided to try and open as a removable drive; normally H drive here is the message i get:- H:\ refers to a location that is unavailable. It could be on a hard drive on this computer, or on a network. Check to make sure that the disk is properly inserted , or that you are connected to the Internet or your network, and then try again. If it still cannot be located, the information might have been moved to a different location. I have tried to do some research on this but cannot locate anything, other that to know its the hidden partition for an Acer PC reboot to factory conditions. My pc although being a few years old now, is normally very stable with no problems. Nothing has been changed on my PC to provoke this event. thanks for any help Phill