> Hi all,
>
> I am about to install a new 160 GB drive in my Qube. I had only opened
> the thing once before to install memory, but this time I took the
> existing drive out for my 3.0 experiment (see earlier post about the
> flaky 2.0 GB disk).
>
> To my surprise, the default Seagate drive has a soft black plastic
> "thing" wrapped around it. I am not entirely sure what the purpose of
> this thing is, but my question is this: Should I peel that "thing" off
> and try to "fit it" over the new drive?
>
> Is this supposed to protect against potential shorts? Will it "melt"
> with a bigger (and presumably hotter) disk?
>
> Any clues? Anyone? :-)
>
> Cheers,
> Peter
> --

That wrap is not added to the disk by the Cobalt manufacturer's, Seagate did
that.

In other words, leave it on the disk.

Marcel