Diane (B. that is), I've got an external 2X HP at work and have had no problems. My home system has a 4x2x24 internal IDE HP. Again, never had any problems. Both came with the Adaptec CD Creator Light software. You just mount the CD-R or CD-RW, and drag and drop files in Explorer. They're multisession, so you can copy a couple of hundred meg and come back next week and add a couple of hundred more. I use 'em all the time for Bryce and Poser. I've seen the 2X internal IDE HP model in local stores for about $170 and the 4X for about $230, but you can probably find 'em cheaper by mail order. Mike K