>I'm with Duane, buy a larger HD than 20 gigs. I bought an 80 gig >Western Digital drive this week for under $80. You will get more >storage space, as well as speed because you won't have fragmentation. I >would get a 7200 RPM drive instead of the 5400 RPM that came with your >iMac. Western Digital has a Special Edition drive with an 8 meg cache, >really is a quick drive. I highly recommend those, and I hated WD for >some many years. > > >Hope this helps a bit, >groucho Is this 7200 RPM installed in an iMac? Is there an issue with overheating? Is there an increase in the noise level? PYX