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Dan, I have been using Speedcache+ for a month and its working great. I have a number of other cache programs: Norton Ncache, MS Smartdrv, and PC-Kwik. Ncache and PC-Kwik are both fine caches and either beats Smartdrv hands down. Neither one caches CD ROMs, although they can be used in conjunction with a another program CD Speedway which will cache ROMs at the same time (of course you have to buy two products). Personally I like Speedcache+ and thinks its a better product as it intergrates all caching under one program. If you have a limited amount of memory on your machine (so a small cache size) CD speedway might be a better option as it can cache to disk file which then is cached by your disk cache program. PC-Kwik is getting a number of requests to add ROM caching to their product and they are thinking it over for a future release. PC-Kwik latest release (5.0) is a great disk cache with an all new Windows front end that allows a multitude of configuration options (I played around with it for awhile but dropped it as it did not seem any/much faster and offered no ROM support). PC-Kwik comes bundled multiple ways: 1) – with their new Winmaster product (check the box carefully for inclusion as not all have) which comes with version 5.0 of the cache. 2) – with their Powerpak product which includes version 4.13 along with some other utilities like a print spooler, keyboard accelerator, etc…. There a new release due of the Powerpack by the end of this year which will include version 5.0 of the cache. 3) – as a stand alone product. Both options 1 & 2 also include a replacement RAM drive device driver which shares memory with the disk cache which is a neat idea. Ncache comes with the Norton utilities and is made by the same people who make Speedcache+ (as well as Smartdrv). It does not have a pretty Windows front end but I used it for a year with no problems and it offered delayed writes [>> Continued in next msg]