I can attest to the multiple drive format. Inside my pc, I have the following: 2 PATA drives (one 60 GB, dedicated to C; one 250 GB) 3 SATA drives (one 500 GB, two 300 GB) (I had to add a controller card as my mobo only had space for 2.) and I have 3 optical drives: a Sony CD-ROM, a SONY DVD-RW and an I/O Double Layer multi-format drive. Externally, I have a Lightscribe DVD drive, a LaCie 500 GB hard drive and an Iomega mutli-format CD/DVD drive. I move these around a lot as I tape my daughter's basketball games and then make a DVD for the coach to use at practice. If it's an exceptionally good game, I will often make additional copies for the girls, so I NEED all of this stuff! (I thought that was a good excuse!) I think that's it. And yes, most of the hard drive space is used! LOL I can remember my first pc had a 4 GB hard drive and I couldn't imagine even filling that up! Tricia -- Please remember to trim your replies (including this sentence and everything below it) and adjust the subject line as necessary. To unsubscribe or change your email settings: //www.freelists.org/webpage/pctechtalk To access our Archives: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/PCTechTalk/messages/ //www.freelists.org/archives/pctechtalk/