>> 2) when dragging and dropping 97,000 files, a read error on just one fricken file causes the whole operation to hold until a popup window is responded to.
I have not experienced the CDRom problem you mention, but #2 IS addressed in Vista. When you copy 30GB / 30,000 files the copy is completed and then any "problem files" are dealt with in UI at the end of the entire job.
>> 2) when dragging and dropping 97,000 files, a read error on just one fricken file causes the whole operation to hold until a popup window is responded to. I have not experienced the CDRom problem you mention, but #2 IS addressed in Vista. When you copy 30GB / 30,000 files the copy is completed and then any "problem files" are dealt with in UI at the end of the entire job.