ZIP Disks

[Joe Smoth]

Can anyone tell me how to revive ZIP disks (both 100 MB and 250 MB).
The drive just spits them out without reading them and I've got quite
a stack now after having been an Iomega enthusiast for some years.

Thanks

[Edward Knobloch]

Post by Joe Smoth
Can anyone tell me how to revive ZIP disks (both 100 MB and 250 MB).
The drive just spits them out without reading them and I've got quite
a stack now after having been an Iomega enthusiast for some years.

Hi,

Does the drive throw out +all+ of your disks?
If so, it could be that the internal LED of the drive itself
has failed. It is used to shine against the reflective area
in the bottom corner of Zip disks, to test
that the disks are well seated in the drive.

[geothermal]

Post by Joe Smoth
Can anyone tell me how to revive ZIP disks (both 100 MB and 250 MB).
The drive just spits them out without reading them and I've got quite
a stack now after having been an Iomega enthusiast for some years.
Thanks

Have you tried cleaning the drive with compressed air to blast the
dust, dirt, and grime out of the drive ?

http://www.indoindians.com/technology/clean.htm

geothermal

[Arty]

won't rehearse the multitude of problems i've had with zip over the years -
but now, what about this question - now that we have memory sticks, why is
anybody bothering with zips anymore?

Post by Joe Smoth
Can anyone tell me how to revive ZIP disks (both 100 MB and 250 MB).
The drive just spits them out without reading them and I've got quite
a stack now after having been an Iomega enthusiast for some years.
Thanks

[geothermal]

Post by Arty
won't rehearse the multitude of problems i've had with zip over the years -
but now, what about this question - now that we have memory sticks, why is
anybody bothering with zips anymore?

Besides the fact that you are pathetic to not help the OP....
(yeah yeah, you won't admit to owning stock in memory sticks....LOL
Why don't you go join a cat usenet group and complain about your
cat scratching you and not using the litter box ? (^:
It remains to be seen if sticks will last that long. They can get
crushed, lost, dropped, laundered, and broken much easier than
zip disks can. Zip disks weigh more so they will be run thru
the laundry less often. I know 3 people already who have lost
their memory sticks. I use zip disks to move files that are too
large for a floppy disk. I have not lost a single one, nor had
one fail on me.

If I search on google for memory stick problem I get 16 million hits.
Yeah, I will stick with zip disks since my family uses them and they
have been around longer.

geothermal

Post by Arty

Post by Joe Smoth
Can anyone tell me how to revive ZIP disks (both 100 MB and 250 MB).
The drive just spits them out without reading them and I've got quite
a stack now after having been an Iomega enthusiast for some years.
Thanks

[Rob S]

You neglected to mention the worst feature of memory sticks - they can be easily
removed by "users". So while a file is still copying.....ping...and bangs goes
your data. Even if it's not copying to be sure you have to click the tiny icon
in the systray to remove safely.

Our users simply wouldn't do that. And yes they would lose the sticks, plus
there's hardly any room to put nice sticky labels on them saying "Backup Disk
Thursday for John Smith" etc.....
-Rob
robatwork at mail dot com

[Mistoffolees]

Post by Arty
won't rehearse the multitude of problems i've had with zip over the years -
but now, what about this question - now that we have memory sticks, why is
anybody bothering with zips anymore?

One needs to remember that USB memory sticks are not functional
with some of the older operating systems such as Windows NT,
Windows 95 or even MS-DOS, for example. And the OP did not state
what OS was involved. So, there is still some use for ZIP drives
and disks.