zip drive problem

[wblue]

About every 3rd zip disc I put in the drive will not open. I get a popup that says 'not accessible' 'incorrect function'. I take the disc to another machine and it opens fine. Any ideas?

 

[Guest_imported]

Assuming no conflicts in Device Manager etc., try reformatting the Zip disk in the drive which is giving trouble.


ROGER - GØAOZ.

 

[wblue]

I'm talking about discs containing data.

 

[Guest_imported]

Well, copy the data off a disk that's causing trouble, and temporarily put it in a sub-dir on a hard disk. Then format the Zip disk, get Windows to do a surface scan, and if all is well, copy back your data.


ROGER - GØAOZ.

 

[Jakespeare]

* Question:
* Do BOTH Computers have the SAME IOMEGA SOFTWARE ??


For Zip drives to function fully, you need to have the IOMEGA software installed on a Windows computer.
** I don't know about Windows XP...... this is for Win9x.

Check it out.

 

[wblue]

version 6.1 on both machines.

 

[Jakespeare]

Hmm. It was a shot.

The only other KNOWN bug involving Windows machines and Iomega Zip Drives involves the
VIA Chipset - KT133 Or KT133A

Does your mainboard fit that description ?
** If it is an INTEL processor it DOES NOT fit that category, so you can ignore that trivia.

> I would email IOMEGA tech-support, and supply them with a slightly more detailed explanation of your problem. In the past, I have called them about 3-times, and they were quite helpful.
They might have an easy solution for you.

 

[Frak]

What OS do you use?

WinNT (and likely 2K) use a lazy write method and don't commit writes to the disk ASAP. You may need to use the eject function from the IOMEGA Software to physically eject each disk before replacing. I would like to know how to force the computer (or the OS) to commit writes to removable devices rather than caching them.

Frak