Bruno - first of all thanks for the time. I really appreciate the help.

I had updated the firmware on the drive to 1.05 - the latest on Plextor's site - It was dated 12/01. Why the Belgium Plextor site? I'll check it out though. I got the ASPI 4.6 from
Adaptec, but it won't install - its an ugrade and can't find a previous version. I do have versions of it on the CD that came with the adapter, but they don't install because of the OS version not requiring them (I guess). Should I copy the files to the sysroot and try to upgrade then?

The card I have is a wide card, not narrow. I don't know much about SCSI specs, but the CD Rom has a 68 pin connector, which I thought implied Wide - and the drive is called UltraWide, so I am pretty sure it is wide. I will get the BIOS changes and install for the adapter - I need to make a DOS boot disk - dusting off the DOS cobwebs now...

There are no Adaptec drivers for XP - they are in the OS. Maybe I should just reinstall Win2K? That is a pain in the butt, but its only a couple of hours work. I figured why not XP - I get it for free and it is a nice interface. But not nice enough to rip cd's 3 times slower...

So I'll try the above and let you know. Again - I appreciate the help.

Joe