Internal Jaz drive to External portable drive? Help

[Scott]

Hi all,

I have a 1 gig Jaz drive that I was hoping to turn into a external portable
drive. So I went and bought a Jaz traveler that does nothing for me since it
is designed for the external drive. Is there any way to make this drive
portable to connect to the parallel port or other wise?

Thanks,

Scott..

[geothermal]

Post by Scott
Hi all,
I have a 1 gig Jaz drive that I was hoping to turn into a external portable
drive. So I went and bought a Jaz traveler that does nothing for me since it
is designed for the external drive. Is there any way to make this drive
portable to connect to the parallel port or other wise?
Thanks,
Scott..

Hi Scott,

What is the SCSI number set at ? Looks like it might be needing to be
set at 5 or 6. 0-4 and 7 are no go in Win 2000.

Reply back it this does not work.

Here is the website I found about it and the text is below the link.

https://iomega-na-en.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/iomega_na_en.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1269

Question---My Jaz drive will not start in Windows 2000 with a Jaz
Traveller connected to the parallel port.

Answer---
When the Jaz® drive is connected to a computer's parallel port through
the Jaz Traveller™, The Jaz drive may not start in Windows® 2000. This
will occur if the Jaz drive is set to SCSI ID 0-4 or 7. If the Jaz
drive is set to SCSI ID 5 or 6, the drive functions normally.

To resolve this problem, obtain and install the latest service pack
for Windows 2000. For additional information, please see the article,
Q260910, "How to obtain the latest Windows 2000 service pack" in the
Microsoft® knowledge base at http://www.microsoft.com

geothermal

[Scott]

Scsi number really has nothing to do with it right now since I am unable to
connect the Jaz Traveler to the drive because it is an internal model that
requires a scsi cable.

Post by geothermal

Post by Scott
Hi all,
I have a 1 gig Jaz drive that I was hoping to turn into a external
portable drive. So I went and bought a Jaz traveler that does nothing for
me since it is designed for the external drive. Is there any way to make
this drive portable to connect to the parallel port or other wise?
Thanks,
Scott..

Hi Scott,
What is the SCSI number set at ? Looks like it might be needing to be
set at 5 or 6. 0-4 and 7 are no go in Win 2000.
Reply back it this does not work.
Here is the website I found about it and the text is below the link.
https://iomega-na-en.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/iomega_na_en.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1269
Question---My Jaz drive will not start in Windows 2000 with a Jaz
Traveller connected to the parallel port.
Answer---
When the Jaz® drive is connected to a computer's parallel port through the
Jaz Traveller™, The Jaz drive may not start in Windows® 2000. This will
occur if the Jaz drive is set to SCSI ID 0-4 or 7. If the Jaz drive is set
to SCSI ID 5 or 6, the drive functions normally.
To resolve this problem, obtain and install the latest service pack for
Windows 2000. For additional information, please see the article, Q260910,
"How to obtain the latest Windows 2000 service pack" in the Microsoft®
knowledge base at http://www.microsoft.com
geothermal
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[geothermal]

Post by Scott
Scsi number really has nothing to do with it right now since I am unable to
connect the Jaz Traveler to the drive because it is an internal model that
requires a scsi cable.

I wish I had a Jaz Traveler to try it out. So I guess I don't really
know what you want to do. Did you read my entire post ? It sure
seems like it pertains to your situation. The Iomega question I
found does not specify whether it is an internal or external drive.

Do you have XP or Win 2000 ?

Do you need to buy a scsi cable ? (Anyone with scsi experience, please
jump into this thread.) (^:

geothermal

Post by Scott

Post by geothermal

Post by Scott
Hi all,
I have a 1 gig Jaz drive that I was hoping to turn into a external
portable drive. So I went and bought a Jaz traveler that does nothing for
me since it is designed for the external drive. Is there any way to make
this drive portable to connect to the parallel port or other wise?
Thanks,
Scott..

Hi Scott,
What is the SCSI number set at ? Looks like it might be needing to be
set at 5 or 6. 0-4 and 7 are no go in Win 2000.
Reply back it this does not work.
Here is the website I found about it and the text is below the link.
https://iomega-na-en.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/iomega_na_en.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1269
Question---My Jaz drive will not start in Windows 2000 with a Jaz
Traveller connected to the parallel port.
Answer---
When the Jaz® drive is connected to a computer's parallel port through the
Jaz Traveller™, The Jaz drive may not start in Windows® 2000. This will
occur if the Jaz drive is set to SCSI ID 0-4 or 7. If the Jaz drive is set
to SCSI ID 5 or 6, the drive functions normally.
To resolve this problem, obtain and install the latest service pack for
Windows 2000. For additional information, please see the article, Q260910,
"How to obtain the latest Windows 2000 service pack" in the Microsoft
knowledge base at http://www.microsoft.com
geothermal

[Gerald McMullon]

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Hi all,
I have a 1 gig Jaz drive that I was hoping to turn into a external portable
drive. So I went and bought a Jaz traveler that does nothing for me since it
is designed for the external drive. Is there any way to make this drive
portable to connect to the parallel port or other wise?
Thanks,
Scott..

There are many external Jaz drives that no longer work. I have three
2Gb and one 1Gb external drive that do not work. The 1Gb drive just
does not read discs and one of the 2Gb drives is the same.

All the boxes work, I have inserted working 2Gb drives to make sure.

It is very annoying that they can't be fixed but working second hand
units are not uncommon. I don't have power supplies for these units as
the replacement drives I got had no power supplies so I am using the
original ones I had. I do have a spare power supply which I think
might have been used for a Zip drive - because it is different to the
three Jaz power supplied I have but it is to the same specifications.

You then need a SCSI cable or a printer cable for the traveller plug.
SCSI cables are shielded so are better than an unshielded printer
cable.

I have now sold the Travellers that I had. It would only work under
Win 98 and not NT and would take an age to transfer. I prefer to strip
the PC, install a SCSI card and then makes transfers in a few minutes.

On my last two projects I logged onto the network from home and
uploaded all my files to the network, ready for the next day. Even
with 50-100 files this was quicker than using the Jaz.

Gerald McMullon
Cambridge, UK
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