A man after my own heart, Cobber!

I prefer Sound Forge myself (I have Cool Edit, too), as it processes files more quickly. Each to their own!

I have some hard drives in caddies for my D drive, so I can swap them about (IDE, so I can't 'hot swap'). You have to remember to leave enough free space for the image file with most CD writing software - it's not a good idea to write 'on the fly', as 'jitters' are more likely to occur during file seeking.

It's a good idea to defrag regularly - if only to 'consolidate free space' - every bit of extra speed helps!!