Which brings me back to the question of which, if any, drives out there in the 200 - 300 (or even 400) GB range would anyone recommend? I know that the Oxford chipset is a must... Danny, when I said old, that was just in the broadest terms. Her drive came from a G4 Mac running OSX, though not the most recent version. I shopped around and found what seemed to be a well recommended external case for it and have/had the problems I mentioned. Just the other day we had a scare that she had lost all her files on it, but a simple restart and they were there again. Perhaps this is a USB2 issue...I can't say. The drive won't connect at all using the firewire port. I may just get her the new ministack V2 and go the cheaper case/HD route for myself when I find a combo I feel comfortable purchasing. I have to say, I love living in an era where HDs are over 40GB and prices for 500GB drives are lower than they were for 160GB drives not too long ago... :thumbup

Kort Kramer - Kramer Kreations