I had a 36GB LVD drive 10K rpms along with an adaptec 29160 U160 under winxp. I had the drive partioned 10GB & 26GB. Considering this was my first experience with scsi peripherals it did not awe me in anyway. So I switched back to IDE (maxtor 60GB D740x-6L). This drive runs much quieter/cooler than the scsi monster. Performance seems to be similar if not the same..