Yeah, well, leave it to me to overlook the actual question and make it much harder than it really is :-). I have come across *several* RL01/2 drives through the years where the latch mechanism didn't work properly because someone had tried to pry the lid open (usually by wedging something in the crack in the front.) This isn't kind to the little latch mechanism, and my worst-case fear is that it's damaged beyond recognition. Tim.