On 25 Jun 2004, at 21:55, Ken Johnson wrote: > I purchased a Seagate 120GB drive today, and I want to replace the > original with this one - moving my files over. Is there a way I can > simply plug it in (as a slave drive), format it, and transfer the > files? Yes, but you would have to connect the new drive in place of the optical drive, which can get a bit messy. Easier way to do it is to put it in the external firewire enclosure, what I'd reccommend.