I think he means replace the "Windows Is Starting" image with a vid
if not, make a batchfile with like "mplayer vid.avi" and throw it in the startup folder
satas are generally faster than ide. If you are worried about the data, raid works nicely. The common rule of thumb was to not buy maxtor because of some of the horror stories, but they have since been purchased by segate so who knows any more.
Theres a whole free web service that does that, though I forget the name right now. I need to figure it out again so I can uninstall the stuff
EDIT: I think the website was Gadget Track, but they are not free anymore oh well
We should do what they did in the BBS era. Close down the registration on the board for the first couple of months of the year so all the kids that got modems for Christmas can piss off other people.