Thanks everyone - I never thought about special hardware for places like the Arctic. But then I don't live there. At any rate, the room will have to be warmed up before I ever go in there to turn the computer on! :o) Shyrell Melara Family Photography http://shyrellmelara.tripod.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Talbot" <BobTalbot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Well > the label on one of my Seagate drives reads 5-50 degrees celcius > once you switch them on they soon warm up. > > Bob -- _______________________________________________ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10