One more reason to use CD-R/RW for backup (which I use): Adaptec has just put out Easy CD Creator 4, which is their software you use to burn your CDs. It now incorporates their Direct-CD product. If I understand correctly, Direct CD is supposed to allow you to treat your CD-RW like a floppy, i.e., you can write, delete, rename files directly to the CD rather than having to actually do a full burn. This floppy-like flexibility is one of the attractions of Zip or Jazz, but I keep hearing about their instability. Anybody have any experience with Direct CD or care to comment? If it does work like this, its enough to get me to upgrade from version 3.5 (which works very well). Street price for CD Creator is about $99, with a $20 rebate for upgrades.