Well here I post from Firefox on Ubuntu. Turns out the original disk I had made had four errors so took it down to the lowest speed possible and recorded again. Worked a charm. So can recover my files before I do a destructive install
BTW, out of curiosity, don't suppose I can run iTunes in it can I? Not that there's a problem, I'll have another 4 activations available just wondered.....
Thanks for all your help
I am really really grateful
Huggles
Vhari x