I bought an external case (USB 2.0) from
www.pcmicrostore.com (search under Plumax models, should be one for about $33)
I bought an internal cd-rw drive... lite-on is a good and affordable brand.
I bought a Cendyne 48x16x20x one.
Installed the drive into the external case and it works like a charm on my win2k and winXp boxes.
My friend who has win98 has to install a driver which comes with the USB external case.
Goodluck,
Mer.