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hi, >[...] >As for drive prices, the latest catalog from Insight (www.insight.com) >listed a 2.1GB/12.7mm Seagate drive for $299, eye opening for me, now all >I need is a torx T6, a power drill, a rubber mallet just curious, but, ummm, would you care to elaborate on that? I believe the times when a hammer/mallet was standard equipment with Seagate drives are over. (the heads used to stick to the magnetic surface, preventing the drive from spinning up - but that was in the 40MB-days... a whack with a hammer (or dropping the whole computer a few inches) usually did the job...) BTW, I managed to swap the drive without a Torx screwriver. I used a small Philips screwdriver held at a slant. I've done it 3 or four times now, and it still works and I believe a Torx would still fit - I'm not grinding the inside profile too much. >(wouldn't want to >scratch my 701) and I'm ready to upgrade. Why pay $525 for someone else >to do it when you can DIY? I believe the real bonus in getting the expensive caddy solution is having a second caddy. I would really appreciate having another one, especially since the laptop as of today is not my primary computer any more, and I could swap OS's that way. >Probably end up upgrading to 4 or 5 gig when >those come around anyway, you know? :) IBM's ~6GB 2.5" is a 19mm high drive, afaik... axel ............................................................................ . Axel Hartmann . . Paper Summer : 30 Kellogg Ave; Amherst, MA 01002; USA . . Voice only : +1 (413) 256 - 6264 . . Office : Dept. of Chemical Engineering; UMass; Amherst, MA 01003 . . Office Phone : +1 (413) 577 - 1235 Fax: +1 (413) 545 1649 . . E-Mail : axelh@polysci.umass.edu . . Homepage : http://rheoserver.pse.umass.edu/users/axel/index.html . ............................................................................