This "100x" drive is nothing more than a standard CDROM drive with software that uses part of your hard disk for caching. I would suspect the caching software more than the drive. No free lunch here. Dan Chapman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I have seen all kinds of read errors with the faster CD-ROM drives, but > never any HDD problems caused by vibration. This, of course, doesn't mean > that it can't happen. Have your dealer replace the CD-ROM with something > more standard (read: slower), like a 8x drive (can you even buy these > anymore?). > >To Mike and others: > > > >My 2 cents. I just picked up a computer for my daughter. Cyrix Pr200 > with > >a > >2.1 GHd and a Smart 100x CDROM. When I started to load some software using > >the > >CD Rom (Corel WPerfect) I started getting numerous crashes and blue screen > >errors "cannot write to Drive C". When I recovered from that, I found > using > >Explorer that the directory was trashed. There were folder/file names that -- Russ Poffenberger Engineering Specialist Schlumberger Technologies ATE DOMAIN: [log in to unmask] 1601 Technology Drive CIS: 72401,276 San Jose, Ca. 95110 Voice: (408)437-5254 FAX: (408)437-5246