theres a small program that has to be run on pc's in order for them to be able to recognize and read cd-rw's to my knowledge that program doesnt exist for amiga...yet.....as for the not being able to warm boot....ive never had a crash or lockup that was so bad that it wouldnt warm reboot...just hit ctrl and the two "A" keys on either side of the space bar(aka the amiga keys) over an over it only ever takes me 2 or three repeats to reboot, also, it wont work if youy hold down the ctrl and one amiga key and press the other amiga key,,..ive tried many times...=) hope this helps... :-)