Show all files. Uploaded by Retro Gaming on August 20, Internet Archive's 25th Anniversary Logo. Search icon An illustration of a magnifying glass. User icon An illustration of a person's head and chest. A: Well, it's the same thing as a Zip drive for Mac. Depending on your SCSI interface, it should be about the same speed. If you want SCSI-2 or a bus-master card?
Infoworld reports backing up MB in 57 minutes 6. A: Yes. In fact, Iomega ships the drive with floppies for both Macs and PCs, but there's a catch. As soon as you run the program to install the Zip Tools utilities that are included on the Zip Tools disk, the installer will erase the partition about MB of the system that you are NOT installing it for.
So if you run the install program from a Mac, it erases the DOS partition and vice versa. Iomega's official position is that you have to buy a second Zip Tools disk if you want to install on both platforms. Q: That sucks! A: Apparently the installer doesn't delete the other system's tools until you actually RUN the installer.
The workaround is to run the Guest program to mount the disk, then use a disk duplication program that gets the whole disk, sector by sector to dupe the Zip Tools disk. Some people have reported doing this successfully with the Disk Duplicator program that is on the Macintosh partition of the Zip Tools. Q: I already installed it for one platform, and now I can't install for the other. Q: Ok, I downloaded the files that I need. Now what? A: Those are self-extracting files, so for god's sake, be careful!
EXE file in there and run it from that directory. EXE file there. Now run it from that directory. EXE and read how to install it. What do I do? Q: How fast is it? A: According to the readme. Q: No, really, how fast is it in Real Life? It took about a minute to transfer a MB file from Zip disk to my hard drive. I had even zipped my whole window directory and subdirectories to my Zip disk, and it is only a bit slower than the speed I've got when I zipped the same thing to my hard drive remember that I was using EPP capacities and I only tested it without any benchmarking.
Other than that, it's a matter of personal preference. Iomega is denying everything except that they are indeed working on a "larger capacity drive" for future distribution.
Okay; here ya go. These results were obtained using Norton Utilities 3. Note that specific results will vary a bit from machine to machine due to CPU speed, system configuration, specific architecture, etc. More information that may be useful If you can find PC formatted Zip disks, snag 'em; they can be easily reformatted to work on the Mac.
And vice-versa, if the need is there. I've tried it with PC Exchange included in System 7. SyQuest will soon be releasing a new drive called the "EZ" formerly known by its code name, "Roadrunner".
EZ weighs about lbs considerably more than the diet-conscious Zip , but is also about twice as fast. There are many mixed messages about which drive will ultimately prevail. However, I personally feel that the Zip drive will be the winner for several reasons.
Here's why:. EZ's cartridges will likely need to be stored in the same sort of padded carrying case as "standard" SyQuest cartridges. As a result, you'll see less of them being used with portable computers and, consequently, with desktop machines. Driver Navigator is continuing to try to get me to keep the software and is not wanting to refund my money, even though they state a 60 day percent refund if not satisfied. I have told them why I do not wish to continue use of their software and they keep trying to get me to keep it.
I will have to go to PayPal and get them to arbitrate. I would advise anyone against subscribing to Driver Navigator. I was able to just plug in my Iomega Zip Drive and download my date. Just plugging in the USB cable activates the drive.
I also learned from this forum that there are no driver updates beyond Windows XP. Correction to my previous statement. It was Driver Update that immediately refunded my money. Driver Navigator is the company that is trying to get me to continue using their service and refusing to refund my money at this time.
I would definitely recommend Driver Update to anyone for they never quibbled over refunding my money. Once you get that hooked up in Windows you will have access to your drive and Zip disks without any additional software. I just did it two nights ago.
Extensive support Iomega backs the drive with a one-year warranty, but the disks are guaranteed for five, and tech support for the drive is substantial. Iomega provides toll-free tech support from 6 a. Saturdays MT. You can also go to Iomega's Web site for self-serve support, including a searchable knowledgebase that uses the Ask Jeeves engine, a long list of FAQs, support forums where technicians are supposed to answer questions posed by customers although all the answers seemed to have come from other Zip owners , and direct e-mail to technicians.
Zip drives are nothing fancy, but for backing up or putting large files on cheap, portable media, they do the trick. If you want to overcome that last hang-up that keeps you from backing up or if you simply need something that makes it easy to share disks, the new model's ease of use and affordable price make it a good choice.
Iomega Zip Drive Drivers Windows 10 Extensive support Iomega backs the drive with a one-year warranty, but the disks are guaranteed for five, and tech support for the drive is substantial.
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