On Aug 13, 2006, at 9:41 AM, Harry Freeman wrote: > Please define for us what you mean by a "network hard drive" as I > have made my HD Maxtor 120Gb Hd available to my network and all of > the other computers can use it for storage and retrieval and there > isn't anything special about the drive. "Network hard drives," or better known as NAS (Network-Attached Storage) drives, are designed for direct attachment to routers, from which files can be accessed without opening other computers. ADS Tech is one of the major suppliers of NAS drive kits. Here is a little information about such kits: <http://www.adstech.com/products/NAS-806-EF/intro/NAS_806_intro.asp? pid=NAS-806-EF> Fabian