I think this is the real issue. From a technical point of view, there's really very little in common between a true external hard drive and an external device that looks to the operating system like an MP3 player. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Toews" <DogRiver@xxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, June 25, 2006 1:17 AM Subject: [bookport] Re: question for the techies Remember that a hard drive and a memory-based drive are two different animals, so the rules for one won't necessarily apply to the other. Bruce