I didn't mean to ignore your earlier suggestion, bevills1. I have gathered that Optiarc is near the top of the heap in this range of drives although I've also read that BenQ, LiteOn and Plextor are the best for scanning. I take it you're saying that the LiteOn LH-020A1L-05 would be better than the Optiarc AD-7201S-0B for scanning. Or would you say they're equally good for that. What about as a burner? Still the LiteOn over the Optiarc?