i've used external cases from addonics with good results. check out the Pocket EX Drive model. one nice feature is that you can put the notebook drive in one of their enclosures, and then use it via several interface methods. you can slide it into a docking bay on a desktop machine, or hook it up to any computer via USB 2.0, FireWire, PCMCIA, etc. very handy, and no special drivers required (under win2k, anyway).

--dan.