External hard drive icons(fire wire)

I have a lacie external drive hooked up to my G5.I went into disk utility,and when i clicked on the lacie it had a beautiful fire wire icon in orange.All of the icons that came with the lacie are ugly.I checked the lacie website for the icon and it wasnt there.I think it is a apple icon.I cant find it anywhere,If i find something i like i would like to just change my boring little icon.Can anyone help me?

When you find what you want, you can also look in the software section on the Apple site for icons, do this:
1-Highlight the HD and do an apple(command)+i key combination, or right click and scroll down, for 'get info'.
2-Do the same on the icon you have found and like.
3-Go to the icon at the top left of the screen beside the description and click once on it. It should have a glow like selection around it. Do a copy, apple(command)+c key combination.
4-Go to the HD icon you want to replace. Click once on it and it should have the glow selection like before. Do a paste, apple(command)+v, and voila you should have a new HD icon.
I hope this helps.

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I hear it spinning- I think?
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Hello ED
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Welcom to AD!
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I do lots of dv video work using a sony pd170 dv/dvcam video camera. i have the mac mini using final cut express 4. for small videos the system works fine, small project 10 mins or less. I am currently working on a very large project 90 to 120 mins. My mac mini has slowed down alot and im left with 30 gig on the hard drive and im just under half way completed. i have been looking at newertech mini stack 2 or 3 500 gig or greater hard drive the specs read usb cable with mac 10.4 or higher but im most likley reading it wrong. can i hook up both the mini and hard drive together using a fire wire and if so can i load my footage through the hard drive port fire wire port while they are hooked up together.
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any info would be great jim k.

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I have a 2009 MacBook Pro running Lion 10.7.5
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