Just one thing: isnt there a 1 minute maximum on windows sound recorder? I'm sure i was recording some school work a while ago on the lappy and i had to make about 5 separate files each 1 minute long. I might be wrong though....
If you just format the windoze disk - everythign from there will be erased but your music will be fine. Why not make an image of the drive before formatting? then you can just load the image, everything will be like it was when you made the image and you'll be laughing!
Data storage would be fantastic - what about fuel cells (like NEC have just made for laptops) which provide much longer "battery life" (i say it like that cos fuel cells arent batteries!) I'd like to see Linux NetMD support and...oh! oh! just thought of this! - what about a Portable MD player with screen and the ability for MDs to playback video on the screen! oh! oh! that would be *sweet*
Yep I got a couple from Maplins too, they hold 20 (as KJ_Palmer said) but they also fit together either vertically or horizontally which is quite cool, they are also very cheap. I cant find a link right now but Maplin definitely do sell em