On 10/18/08 8:32 PM, David R. Boag, DDS wrote: > Since I've never done it before, is there anything specific about the drive > that I need to know so that I don't order something that doesn't work? If you can get the case open, just get whatever kind of hard disk is in there. Might be IDE, might be ATA. Not all cases are openable, though. Which model of LaCie 500GB? Congrats on the birth of your son. :)