Hi. Connecting an external USB drive will not affect JAWS in any way at all so nothing to do there. With regards to whether to connect USB or mains first, it doesn't matter. The computer won't detect the hard drive until both are connected. Regards. Kevin E-mail: kevin.lloyd3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----- Original Message ----- From: Moti Azrad To: helpneeded list ; access-uk list ; Jfw List Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 7:08 AM Subject: [access-uk] external hard disk Hi to you, all. I've a friend who purchased a new external hard disk. His purpose is to use it as an external hard disk for only saving there music files and other kind of data. He is a totally blind pc user with Ilm Jaws 6 and windows xp hoem edition. The question is: When he connects this external hard disk, does he need to activate his Jaws Ilm authorisation and loosing one key or not? second, when he connects this external 400 GB hard disk, does he need to connect the usb cable only or he must connect his external hard disk first to the electricity power? I didn't use this product and I told him to ask his question here. Many thanks for any help. Moti Moti Azrad Musician & Piano-Tuner motia@xxxxxxx Israel