I’ve burned 18 CDs worth of MP3s, pictures, and other miscellaneous files from my computer, and I’m going to format my hard drive this evening when I’m finished working. I’m also going to take all the peripherals out of my system and add them one at a time after installing Windows again. Hopefully I’ll be able to resolve my sound and USB problems, and maybe I’ll even get my 6.4GB Quantum drive working again, but I’m not too sure about that. I’m sure I’ll run into some problems, so it may be awhile before I’m back online–that is, if I don’t get frustrated and use a sledgehammer to fix the problems.
By the way, the CDRW drive I bought works damn well. I got it at Sam’s Club, it’s a 24X10X40, and I paid $90 for it. I was wary about buying hardware from Sam’s Club, but it turned out better than buying that piece of shit a few weeks ago from these guys–pretty soon I’ll have a full review on my site of their shitty service and customer support, and hopefully I’ll dissuade at least a few people from buying there.