As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April_____, 2003
                                            Registration No. 333-_______________


                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                            nSTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                            ------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

          Delaware                                          95-2094565
-------------------------------                       -------------------
(State or other jurisdiction of                         (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                       Identification No.)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

6190 Corte Del Cedro, Carlsbad, California                        92009
-------------------------------------------                    ----------
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                      (Zip Code)


                 nStor Technologies, Inc. 2001 Stock Option Plan
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                   Jack Jaiven
                          Vice President and Treasurer
                            nStor Technologies, Inc.
                              100 Century Boulevard
                         West Palm Beach, Florida 33417
                     (Name and address of agent for service)


                                 (561) 640-3105
          -------------------------------------------------------------
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)


<TABLE>
<CAPTION>

                             CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
------------------------ --------------- ---------------------- ----------------- -------------
       Title of           Amount to be     Proposed Maximum     Proposed Maximum   Amount of
                                                                   Aggregate
   Securities to be        Registered     Offering Price Per     Offering Price   Registration
      Registered             (1)(2)            Share (3)              (3)             Fee
------------------------ --------------- ---------------------- ----------------- -------------
<S>                      <C>             <C>                    <C>               <C>

Common Stock, par          2,500,000             $.58              $1,450,000       $117.30
value $.05 per share         shares
------------------------ --------------- ---------------------- ----------------- -------------

</TABLE>

(1) Represents shares issuable upon the exercise of options granted and/or to be
    granted  under the nStor  Technologies,  Inc.  2001 Stock  Option  Plan (the
    "Plan").
(2) This  Registration   Statement  also  covers  an  indeterminate   amount  of
    securities to be offered or sold as a result of any  adjustments  from stock
    splits, stock dividends or similar transactions,  pursuant to Rule 416 under
    the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended  or as a result of the  adjustment
    provisions of the Plan.
(3) Estimated   solely  for  the  purpose  of  determining  the  amount  of  the
    registration  fee in accordance  with Rule 457 under the  Securities  Act of
    1933,  as  amended,  and is based on the average of the high and low selling
    prices  per  share  of the  Registrant's  Common  Stock as  reported  on the
    American Stock Exchange on April 8, 2003.


<PAGE> 2


                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

        The documents  containing  the  information  specified in Part I of this
Registration  Statement will be sent or given to all persons who  participate in
the  Company's  2001  Stock  Option  Plan (the  "Plan"),  as  specified  by Rule
428(b)(1) of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended (the  "Securities  Act").
These  documents are not required to be filed with the  Securities  and Exchange
Commission  (the  "Commission")  as part of this  Registration  Statement  or as
prospectuses  or prospectus  supplements  pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities
Act.  These  documents  and the  documents  incorporated  by  reference  in this
Registration  Statement  pursuant  to Item 3 of  Part  II of  this  Registration
Statement,  constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act.


                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT


Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

        The following  documents  previously  filed by the  Registrant  with the
Commission  pursuant to the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as amended (the
"Exchange  Act") are  hereby  incorporated  by  reference  in this  Registration
Statement on Form S-8:

        1. The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
           December 31, 2002.

        2. The  description of the  Registrant's  Common Stock  contained in the
           Registrant's  Registration  Statement  on Form 8-A, as filed with the
           Commission  on April  16,  1997,  pursuant  to  Section  12(b) of the
           Exchange Act.

        3. All  documents  and  reports  subsequently  filed  by the  Registrant
           pursuant to Section  13(a),  13(c),  14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
           after the date  hereof  and prior to the  filing of a  post-effective
           amendment to this  Registration  Statement  which  indicates that all
           shares offered hereby have been sold or which  deregisters all shares
           then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
           herein  and to be a part  hereof  from  the  date of  filing  of such
           documents.

        Any  statements  contained  in a document  incorporated  or deemed to be
incorporated by reference  herein shall be deemed to be modified or replaced for
purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other
subsequently  filed  document  which  also  is  incorporated  or  deemed  to  be
incorporated  by reference  herein)  modifies or replaces  such  statement.  Any
statement so modified or replaced shall not be deemed,  except as so modified or
replaced, to constitute a part hereof.


<PAGE> 3


Item 4.  Description of Securities.

        Not  applicable.  The class of  securities  to be offered is  registered
under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.


Item 5.  Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.

        Non applicable.


Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

        The  Registrant,  a Delaware  corporation,  has included in its Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provisions to (i) eliminate the personal
liability of its directors for monetary damages resulting from breaches of their
fiduciary  duty,  provided that such provision does not eliminate  liability for
breaches of the duty of loyalty,  acts or  omissions  not in good faith or which
involves intentional  misconduct or a knowing violation of law, violations under
Section 174 of the Delaware General  Corporation Law or for any transaction from
which the director  derived an improper  personal benefit and (ii) indemnify its
directors and officers to the fullest extent  permitted by the Delaware  General
Corporation Law. The Registrant  believes that these provisions are necessary to
attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers.

        Insofar as indemnification  for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be  permitted  to the  Company's  directors,  officers  and  controlling
persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission  such  indemnification  is against
public  policy  as  expressed  in  the   Securities   Act  and  is,   therefore,
unenforceable.


Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

        Not applicable.


Item 8.  Exhibits.

        The  exhibits  filed  as  part  of this  Registration  Statement  are as
follows:

        Exhibit
        Number        Description

         5.1          Opinion of Akerman,  Senterfitt  & Eidson, P.A.  regarding
                      the legality of the Common Stock being registered
        10.1          nStor Technologies, Inc. 2001 Stock Option Plan (1)
        23.1          Consent of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson,P.A. (contained in
                      Exhibit 5.1)
        23.2          Consent of Swenson Advisors, LLP
        23.3          Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP
        24            Powers of Attorney (included as part of the signature page
                      hereto)
--------------
(1) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (File No.:333-87078) filed with the Commission on April 26, 2002


<PAGE> 4


Item 9.  Undertakings.

        (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

               (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
        made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                      (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
               of the Securities Act;

                      (ii) to  reflect  in the  prospectus  any  facts or events
               arising after the effective  date of the  Registration  Statement
               (or the most  recent  post-effective  amendment  thereof)  which,
               individually or in the aggregate,  represent a fundamental change
               in the  information  set  forth  in the  Registration  Statement.
               Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
               of  securities  offered (if the total dollar value of  securities
               offered  would not  exceed  that  which was  registered)  and any
               deviation  from  the low or  high  end of the  estimated  maximum
               offering  range may be reflected in the form of prospectus  filed
               with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
               the  changes  in volume  and price  represent  no more than a 20%
               change in the maximum  aggregate  offering price set forth in the
               "Calculation  of   Registration   Fee"  table  in  the  effective
               Registration Statement;

                      (iii) to include any material information  with respect to
               the   plan of distribution   not  previously   disclosed  in  the
               Registration Statement or any material change to such information
               in the Registration Statement;

provided,  however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information  required  to be  included in a  post-effective  amendment  by those
paragraphs  is  contained  in periodic  reports  filed with or  furnished to the
Commission  by the  Registrant  pursuant  to Section 13 or Section  15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

               (2) That, for the purpose of determining  any liability under the
        Securities Act, each such post-  effective  amendment shall be deemed to
        be a new  registration  statement  relating  to the  securities  offered
        therein,  and the  offering  of such  securities  at that time  shall be
        deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

               (3) To  remove  from  registration  by means of a  post-effective
        amendment any of the securities  being registered which remain unsold at
        the termination of the offering.

        (b) The undersigned  Registrant  hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining  any  liability  under  the  Securities  Act,  each  filing  of  the
Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where  applicable,  each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual  report   pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the  Exchange  Act)  that  is
incorporated by reference in the Registration  Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration  statement relating to the securities offered therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

        (c)  Insofar  as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under  the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons
of the  Registrant  pursuant to the  foregoing  provisions,  or  otherwise,  the
Registrant  has been advised that in the opinion of the  Securities and Exchange
Commission  such  indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by  the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,  officer,  or controlling
person of the  Registrant  in the  successful  defense  of any  action,  suit or
proceeding)  is  asserted by such  director,  officer or  controlling  person in
connection with the securities being registered,  the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  of whether  such
indemnification  by it is against  public policy as expressed in the  Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.


<PAGE> 5


                                   SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements  of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the  requirements  for  filing  on  Form  S-8 and has  duly  caused  this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized in the City of West Palm Beach,  and the State of Florida,  this
11 day of April, 2003.

                                       nSTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Jack Jaiven
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Jack Jaiven, Vice President and Treasurer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that each  individual  whose signature
appears below  constitutes and appoints H. Irwin Levy and Jack Jaiven,  and each
of them, his true and lawful  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  with full power of
substitution  for  him  and in his  name,  place  and  stead,  in  any  and  all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this  Registration  Statement  on Form S-8,  and to file the  same,  with all
exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith,  with the Securities
and Exchange Commission,  granting unto said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, and
each of them,  full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises,  as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his or
their  substitute or substitutes,  may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

        Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this  Registration  Statement  has been signed by the  following  persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated:

SIGNATURE                               TITLE                             DATE
--------                                -----                             ----

/s/ H. Irwin Levy         Chairman of the Board and Chief         April 11, 2003
-----------------------   Executive Officer (Principal Executive
H. Irwin Levy             Officer)


/s/ Roger H. Felberbaum   Director                                April 11, 2003
-----------------------
Roger H. Felberbaum


/s/ Jack Jaiven           Vice President and Treasurer            April 11, 2003
-----------------------   (Principal Financial and
Jack Jaiven               Accounting Officer)


/s/ Bernard Green         Director                                April 11, 2003
-----------------------
Bernard Green


/s/ Michael L. Wise       Director                                April 11, 2003
-----------------------
Michael L. Wise


/s/ Stanley Brenner       Director                                April 11, 2003
-----------------------
Stanley Brenner


<PAGE> 6



                                  EXHIBIT INDEX



Exhibit
Number  Description

 5.1    Opinion of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A.

23.2    Consent of Swenson Advisors, LLP

23.3    Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April_____, 2003
                                            Registration No. 333-_______________

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      UNDER
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

                            nSTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
                            ------------------------
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

          Delaware                                          95-2094565
-------------------------------                       -------------------
(State or other jurisdiction of                         (I.R.S. Employer
 incorporation or organization)                       Identification No.)
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

6190 Corte Del Cedro, Carlsbad, California                        92009
-------------------------------------------                    ----------
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                      (Zip Code)

                 nStor Technologies, Inc. 2001 Stock Option Plan
                            (Full Title of the Plan)

                                   Jack Jaiven
                          Vice President and Treasurer
                            nStor Technologies, Inc.
                              100 Century Boulevard
                         West Palm Beach, Florida 33417
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

                                 (561) 640-3105
          -------------------------------------------------------------
          (Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
------------------------ --------------- ---------------------- ----------------- -------------
       Title of           Amount to be     Proposed Maximum     Proposed Maximum   Amount of
                                                                   Aggregate
   Securities to be        Registered     Offering Price Per     Offering Price   Registration
      Registered             (1)(2)            Share (3)              (3)             Fee
------------------------ --------------- ---------------------- ----------------- -------------
Common Stock, par          2,500,000             $.58              $1,450,000       $117.30
value $.05 per share         shares
------------------------ --------------- ---------------------- ----------------- -------------
(1) Represents shares issuable upon the exercise of options granted and/or to be
    granted  under the nStor  Technologies,  Inc.  2001 Stock  Option  Plan (the
    "Plan").
(2) This  Registration   Statement  also  covers  an  indeterminate   amount  of
    securities to be offered or sold as a result of any  adjustments  from stock
    splits, stock dividends or similar transactions,  pursuant to Rule 416 under
    the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended  or as a result of the  adjustment
    provisions of the Plan.
(3) Estimated   solely  for  the  purpose  of  determining  the  amount  of  the
    registration  fee in accordance  with Rule 457 under the  Securities  Act of
    1933,  as  amended,  and is based on the average of the high and low selling
    prices  per  share  of the  Registrant's  Common  Stock as  reported  on the
    American Stock Exchange on April 8, 2003.
2

                                     PART I

              INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

        The documents  containing  the  information  specified in Part I of this
Registration  Statement will be sent or given to all persons who  participate in
the  Company's  2001  Stock  Option  Plan (the  "Plan"),  as  specified  by Rule
428(b)(1) of the  Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended (the  "Securities  Act").
These  documents are not required to be filed with the  Securities  and Exchange
Commission  (the  "Commission")  as part of this  Registration  Statement  or as
prospectuses  or prospectus  supplements  pursuant to Rule 424 of the Securities
Act.  These  documents  and the  documents  incorporated  by  reference  in this
Registration  Statement  pursuant  to Item 3 of  Part  II of  this  Registration
Statement,  constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a)
of the Securities Act.

                                     PART II

               INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 3.  Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

        The following  documents  previously  filed by the  Registrant  with the
Commission  pursuant to the  Securities  Exchange  Act of 1934,  as amended (the
"Exchange  Act") are  hereby  incorporated  by  reference  in this  Registration
Statement on Form S-8:

        1. The Registrant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
           December 31, 2002.

        2. The  description of the  Registrant's  Common Stock  contained in the
           Registrant's  Registration  Statement  on Form 8-A, as filed with the
           Commission  on April  16,  1997,  pursuant  to  Section  12(b) of the
           Exchange Act.

        3. All  documents  and  reports  subsequently  filed  by the  Registrant
           pursuant to Section  13(a),  13(c),  14, or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
           after the date  hereof  and prior to the  filing of a  post-effective
           amendment to this  Registration  Statement  which  indicates that all
           shares offered hereby have been sold or which  deregisters all shares
           then remaining unsold shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
           herein  and to be a part  hereof  from  the  date of  filing  of such
           documents.

        Any  statements  contained  in a document  incorporated  or deemed to be
incorporated by reference  herein shall be deemed to be modified or replaced for
purposes hereof to the extent that a statement contained herein (or in any other
subsequently  filed  document  which  also  is  incorporated  or  deemed  to  be
incorporated  by reference  herein)  modifies or replaces  such  statement.  Any
statement so modified or replaced shall not be deemed,  except as so modified or
replaced, to constitute a part hereof.
3

Item 4.  Description of Securities.

        Not  applicable.  The class of  securities  to be offered is  registered
under Section 12 of the Exchange Act.

Item 5.  Interest of Named Experts and Counsel.

        Non applicable.

Item 6.  Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

        The  Registrant,  a Delaware  corporation,  has included in its Restated
Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws provisions to (i) eliminate the personal
liability of its directors for monetary damages resulting from breaches of their
fiduciary  duty,  provided that such provision does not eliminate  liability for
breaches of the duty of loyalty,  acts or  omissions  not in good faith or which
involves intentional  misconduct or a knowing violation of law, violations under
Section 174 of the Delaware General  Corporation Law or for any transaction from
which the director  derived an improper  personal benefit and (ii) indemnify its
directors and officers to the fullest extent  permitted by the Delaware  General
Corporation Law. The Registrant  believes that these provisions are necessary to
attract and retain qualified persons as directors and officers.

        Insofar as indemnification  for liabilities arising under the Securities
Act may be  permitted  to the  Company's  directors,  officers  and  controlling
persons pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Company has been
advised that in the opinion of the Commission  such  indemnification  is against
public  policy  as  expressed  in  the   Securities   Act  and  is,   therefore,
unenforceable.

Item 7.  Exemption from Registration Claimed.

        Not applicable.

Item 8.  Exhibits.

        The  exhibits  filed  as  part  of this  Registration  Statement  are as
follows:

        Exhibit
        Number        Description

         5.1          Opinion of Akerman,  Senterfitt  & Eidson, P.A.  regarding
                      the legality of the Common Stock being registered
        10.1          nStor Technologies, Inc. 2001 Stock Option Plan (1)
        23.1          Consent of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson,P.A. (contained in
                      Exhibit 5.1)
        23.2          Consent of Swenson Advisors, LLP
        23.3          Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP
        24            Powers of Attorney (included as part of the signature page
                      hereto)
--------------
(1) Incorporated by reference to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-8 (File No.:333-87078) filed with the Commission on April 26, 2002
4

Item 9.  Undertakings.

        (a) The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:

               (1) To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being
        made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

                      (i) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3)
               of the Securities Act;

                      (ii) to  reflect  in the  prospectus  any  facts or events
               arising after the effective  date of the  Registration  Statement
               (or the most  recent  post-effective  amendment  thereof)  which,
               individually or in the aggregate,  represent a fundamental change
               in the  information  set  forth  in the  Registration  Statement.
               Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume
               of  securities  offered (if the total dollar value of  securities
               offered  would not  exceed  that  which was  registered)  and any
               deviation  from  the low or  high  end of the  estimated  maximum
               offering  range may be reflected in the form of prospectus  filed
               with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate,
               the  changes  in volume  and price  represent  no more than a 20%
               change in the maximum  aggregate  offering price set forth in the
               "Calculation  of   Registration   Fee"  table  in  the  effective
               Registration Statement;

                      (iii) to include any material information  with respect to
               the   plan of distribution   not  previously   disclosed  in  the
               Registration Statement or any material change to such information
               in the Registration Statement;

provided,  however, that paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) do not apply if the
information  required  to be  included in a  post-effective  amendment  by those
paragraphs  is  contained  in periodic  reports  filed with or  furnished to the
Commission  by the  Registrant  pursuant  to Section 13 or Section  15(d) of the
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.

               (2) That, for the purpose of determining  any liability under the
        Securities Act, each such post-  effective  amendment shall be deemed to
        be a new  registration  statement  relating  to the  securities  offered
        therein,  and the  offering  of such  securities  at that time  shall be
        deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

               (3) To  remove  from  registration  by means of a  post-effective
        amendment any of the securities  being registered which remain unsold at
        the termination of the offering.

        (b) The undersigned  Registrant  hereby undertakes that, for purposes of
determining  any  liability  under  the  Securities  Act,  each  filing  of  the
Registrant's  annual  report  pursuant to Section  13(a) or Section 15(d) of the
Exchange Act (and, where  applicable,  each filing of an employee benefit plan's
annual  report   pursuant  to  Section  15(d)  of  the  Exchange  Act)  that  is
incorporated by reference in the Registration  Statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration  statement relating to the securities offered therein,  and the
offering of such  securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona
fide offering thereof.

        (c)  Insofar  as  indemnification  for  liabilities  arising  under  the
Securities Act may be permitted to directors,  officers and controlling  persons
of the  Registrant  pursuant to the  foregoing  provisions,  or  otherwise,  the
Registrant  has been advised that in the opinion of the  Securities and Exchange
Commission  such  indemnification  is against  public policy as expressed in the
Securities Act and is, therefore,  unenforceable.  In the event that a claim for
indemnification  against  such  liabilities  (other  than  the  payment  by  the
Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,  officer,  or controlling
person of the  Registrant  in the  successful  defense  of any  action,  suit or
proceeding)  is  asserted by such  director,  officer or  controlling  person in
connection with the securities being registered,  the Registrant will, unless in
the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent,
submit to a court of  appropriate  jurisdiction  the  question  of whether  such
indemnification  by it is against  public policy as expressed in the  Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
5

                                   SIGNATURES

        Pursuant to the requirements  of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets
all of the  requirements  for  filing  on  Form  S-8 and has  duly  caused  this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,  thereunto
duly authorized in the City of West Palm Beach,  and the State of Florida,  this
11 day of April, 2003.

                                       nSTOR TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

                                       By: /s/ Jack Jaiven
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       Jack Jaiven, Vice President and Treasurer

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that each  individual  whose signature
appears below  constitutes and appoints H. Irwin Levy and Jack Jaiven,  and each
of them, his true and lawful  attorneys-in-fact  and agents,  with full power of
substitution  for  him  and in his  name,  place  and  stead,  in  any  and  all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments)
to this  Registration  Statement  on Form S-8,  and to file the  same,  with all
exhibits thereto and all documents in connection therewith,  with the Securities
and Exchange Commission,  granting unto said  attorneys-in-fact  and agents, and
each of them,  full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises,  as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said  attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his or
their  substitute or substitutes,  may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

        Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
this  Registration  Statement  has been signed by the  following  persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated:

SIGNATURE                               TITLE                             DATE
--------                                -----                             ----

/s/ H. Irwin Levy         Chairman of the Board and Chief         April 11, 2003
-----------------------   Executive Officer (Principal Executive
H. Irwin Levy             Officer)

/s/ Roger H. Felberbaum   Director                                April 11, 2003
-----------------------
Roger H. Felberbaum

/s/ Jack Jaiven           Vice President and Treasurer            April 11, 2003
-----------------------   (Principal Financial and
Jack Jaiven               Accounting Officer)

/s/ Bernard Green         Director                                April 11, 2003
-----------------------
Bernard Green

/s/ Michael L. Wise       Director                                April 11, 2003
-----------------------
Michael L. Wise

/s/ Stanley Brenner       Director                                April 11, 2003
-----------------------
Stanley Brenner
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                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit
Number  Description

 5.1    Opinion of Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, P.A.

23.2    Consent of Swenson Advisors, LLP

23.3    Consent of BDO Seidman, LLP