zip disk issue

[baron23]

I have A 250MB Zip Disk connected to a W2K pro. For whatever reason, I am not able to access the data on the disk. There is over 25MB of free space. Everytime, I insert the disk, I get the following message, "Insert disk in Drive X". Is there anyway to access the data on this disk as all data is very important?

 

[edfair]

Probably not on that drive. Try to find another to see if it is readable elsewhere. May be drive, may be disk.

Ed Fair
Give the wrong symptoms, get the wrong solutions.

 

[micker377]

Do other disks work in this setup? Is this an installed Zip unit, or a parallel port plug in? Has the Zip disk hardware ever worked? Do you have the special Zip set-up (utility) disk?

 

[baron23]

Sorry. I have one USB 250 and one Parallel 100. The disk in question cannot be read by either drive, but other disks can be read by both the 250 and 100. Also, the disk in question shows no free space, when I access the disks properties.

 

[micker377]

Dig out the Zip Utility (install) disk, and see if there is any "repair" options.

 

[lgebhart]

Try micker377's idea of a zip utility first.

Ed Fairs idea is a good one too because Zip disks can be strange and if they are a certain drive letter on one machine, it won't read in another. I had one that wanted to format the disk in my zip drive, but it read in my husband's zip drive. Try it in the last machine it was in.

You could change your zip drive to X in device manager. Just a thought.

Good Luck



lgebhart

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