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>I've been price shopping Win2K machines and I've been told by both Compaq and Dell that I can't get a CD-RW drive with their W2K machines. Neither will configure an internal Zip drive with W2K either at this time.
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>I know I can go the USB route for these devices but it seems worrisome me to me that these compatibility problems are so prevalent with Win2K.
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>Peter Robinson

Stability was the number one priority for Win2K. If that meant sacrificing compatability, then it was done. IMO, this is a better route. You may want t check with some hardware manufacturers, specifically Iomega and the whoever supplies Compaq with their DC/RW drives to see if they have Win2K drivers.