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  1. Wow - you guys are amazing! Thanks heaps for the advice ... I've been away for the last couple of days and was delighted to come back to some really useful responses. OK - I should mention "total noob" is possibly a bit of an exaggeration. I did once replace a HDD in a mac ibook and that was a real roll up the sleeves and don't breath kind of operation (for me anyway!) I've found out they are SATA drives (2 x 500GB) I'm thinking I might be able to drop them into an enclosure with firewire connection (thanks for the link)? Or would the drives plug into my mac? What about the PS3? (I'm thinking the Lacies would be 3.5" - pretty sure PS3 needs 2.5"?) Data recovery is not an issue - I haven't even used the drive. i should mention that I bought the Lacie (brand new in box) on ebay from what appeared to be a legitimate Australian seller (I'm in Oz). Found out from Lacie that the unit is an overseas model and I'm not covered by local warranty. Its too expensive to send to the USA so basically I'm screwed.
  2. Hi - long story short is i have a 1TB Lacie hard disk that has failed and is not covered by warranty (even longer story!) Basically after months of discussion and sending back and forth to Lacie they tell me the internal computer has failed. I now have several hundred dollars worth of brick sitting on my desk!. Thing is its got two good disks inside it (2 x 500GB) that I could use in something else. I'm a bit of a noob at all this and was wondering if someone could advise me? I originally bought the Lacie to stream my video/sound files to a PS3 from my computer (mac G5 intel) via a mac Airport Extreme Base Station. Can I put the drives in another enclosure? Will they go in my mac? I've got a Lacie firewire drive sitting on my desk that hasn't given an ounce of trouble in over 3 years. Any advice on what to do is greatly appreciated...
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