Here are the pics of the IBM 1 Gig. MicroDrive with and without the tabs. I cannot believe IBM went to the trouble of designing this into the MicroDrive AND THEN KEPT IT A SECRET! It is not in any of the literature that comes with the MicroDrive and it isn't on IBM's website. If it weren't for a posting by Forced_Vengeance to the BrightHand message boards, I would have kept that damn piece of tape on my MicroDrive forever!
I have been informed that the older 170MB and 340MB MicroDrives do not have these tabs.

Click on the thumbnail to see the enlarged photo.


Tabs in the MicroDrive:

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Tabs removed from the MicroDrive, revealing little ledges on the outside corners that allow you to easily remove the drive from the iPAQ CF Sleeve:

tab out 1 tab out 2 tab out 3 tab out 4 tab out 5 tab out 6