I found out by opening my case on my piece of **** dell that i only have one bay for a HD. So my only choice is to go external. Well my dad and I figured out that it would be about $40 cheaper if we bought an internal HD and a case that would convert IDE to USB instead of an external drive. I bought an internal 80G Seagate HD for $50 at CompUSA(It was on sale, sale ends Jan.3) and a Bytecc IDE to USB drive converter case. We got the drive into the case no problems. But when I tried to install the device on my WinXP machine it will notice a new device but cant install it. The DiskManager Cd that came with the HD is no help because it can only install it if it is connected through IDE or Serial. The software that came with the case is no help either because it only installs the USB 2.0 drivers which i already have installed. The directions that came with the case (by the way were written by someone without a h.s. dimploma, or a foreigner) say that WinXP should recognize it as a USB Mass Storage Device which is bullshit. I tried the Add New Hardware and selected the Unknown Device; didnt work. I also looked under Device Manager and, get this, it sayed the unknown device was "Working Properly." How does WinXP know the device is working properly when it doesnt know what the hell it is? Anyway does anyone have any suggestions besides Tech Support?