Alex, I replaced mine with a DVD so things were different. However, the plastic cover is held on with a couple of little screws and should fit fairly easily on a genuine drive. Andy > -----Original Message----- > From: ibook-bounces at listserver.themacintoshguy.com [mailto:ibook- > bounces at listserver.themacintoshguy.com] On Behalf Of Alex Santos 100MB > Neostrada Mail > Sent: 19 January 2005 12:43 > To: A place to discuss Apple's iBook computers. > Subject: Re: [iBook] replacement drive for dual usb ibook 500 > > Hi > > Thanks for the reply. I am in Poland and there are LG brand drives > around for sale, in fact I think they are plentiful at least I know the > LG Brand is quite popular here. > > After you installed yours, were able to successfully able to reattach > the silver plastic cover from the previous drive? This is rather > important to me as I don't want the drive to stick out like a sore > thumb. > > Thanks again > > Alex > >