What I use and would recommend is an external USB 2 device that you can install just a regular 3.5 hard drive in. I have one, and love it. Unfortunately, I don't know who made it, but I paid around $50 for the case/adapter, and you can buy a 40GB HD for under $50. This gives you the ability to buy a larger HD or replace the drive if it breaks and while I am not sure of the cooldrives price, when I was looking, it was close to half the price of standard packaged units. 3.5 drives are usually cheaper and faster than 2.5 drves. It also amazed me that the speed on a USB 2 machine it is not really noticeably slower than a standard drive. Dennis Noble It's not what you want that makes you fat, It's what you get. >I am considering getting a USB hard drive to transport data between several >computers. Two computers are rack mounted and have no CDROM or even a >floppy >- all I/O is via network. The USB drive seems like a good idea for these, >but I don't have any experience with such devices. What I am considering in >particular is a 30GB pocket drive called a Cooldisk that I found on e-bay. >Looks like a 2.5 inch hard drive in a small case. Any feedback or >recommendations would be appreciated. _________________________________________________________________ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus The NOSPIN Group provides a monthly newsletter with great tips, information and ideas: NOSPIN-L, The NOSPIN Magazine Visit our web site to signup: http://freepctech.com