I've reinstalled OpenOffice 1.0 as user "mauede". I chose as directory for OpenOffice "/home/mauede" . The installation started but it stopped soon signalling it caould not find "jave Runtime" . I looked for "java" by "rpm -ql java". I got a long list of modules. The system answer to "which java" was "/usr/lib/jave/bin/java". Having figured aout "java" is installed I decided to quit OpenOffice installation and restart it providing the right path to "java". When I aborted OpenOffice installation it asked me if I wanted the whole directory to be deleted. As i prefer to restart from scratch I answered "yes" and immediately figured out it was deleting my user directory where I do have all my project "/home'mauede". Panicing I pushed the Reset" button on the computer tower. This action cauesed rebooting but ... it actually does not reboot... I can see on the screen that "fsck" failed and the system invokes a repair by running "fsck" manually. I tried and it suggested running "e2fsck". Unluckily this command expects some options and a device name. I do not know what to do ... How can I retrieve my s/w and my own user ??? I'm so desperate ..... Thank you , Maura