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View and Download Iomega Zip 100 user manual online. Zip 100 floppy disk drive pdf manual download. The Iomega HDD External Hard Drive seems slow Mac® Users: If you are experiencing slow response from the Iomega HDD External Hard Drive it may be a formatting issue, see Formatting The Iomega HDD External Hard Drive. If you are connecting the drive to USB, also see The Iomega HDD External Hard Drive seems slow in the USB Troubleshooting section. The Zip Plus drive has one DB25 SCSI port and one DB25 pin Parallel port. 1 Iomega Zip 100 Plus 100MB Z100Plus Drive, 1 Power Supply, 1 DB25 25 pin male to female AutoDetect cable. 1 Iomega Software CD, 2 Startup Zip 100 discs, AKAI MPC MPC2000 MPC2000xl MPC60II MPC3000 MPC4000.
ZIP disks gained some popularity in home computer use, and ZIP drives were installed even in some Apple Macintosh computers by manufacturer. They became quite popular 'larger floppy', and even some scientific imaging devices had ZIP drives built-in. Included software offered ease of use - to use ZIP drive in a new computer, for example to show some images or presentation, it was needed only to run one program. Driver installed itself and opened a new drive letter for drive. ZIP drives could be attached to parallel port, SCSI (there were combo versions - SCSI and parallel, depending of cable installed) or IDE (ATAPI - early pure-IDE versions are very rare), and later units had USB capabilities. After USB flash drives came to market, IOMega released 750MB ZIP, but it was too late for it and 750MB ZIP never gained popularity.
Unfortunately ZIP drives were prone to click-of-death failures. These failures (their mechanism is described in FAQ) could cause data and media loss. Branding portable ZIP-like drive 'IOMega Click!' was not a good idea when these problems came out :).
| Manufacturer: IOMega | ||||||
| Type: Disks and drive | ||||||
| Capacity: 100MB, 250MB | ||||||
| To run ZIP drive, you must have ZIP Tools or ZIP Guest driver. IOMega released drivers in packages, so usually ZIP 250 driver package contain older driver for 100, and it may contain even drivers for IDE, ATAPI or parallel port drives. IOMegaware is a big package containing nearly all drivers. Zip Tools is a full suite of software, while ZIP Guest is a simple DOS driver only to run ZIP drive and access files. There are also Win95 versions of Guest tool. Under DOS, you usually run guest with paraleter letter, like: Unfortunately IOMega can't go along with download links on their own website, they change it frequently and make dead links in support pages, especially for older platforms, so I have to waste my hosting bandwidth and put here essentials which allow to use ZIP with old computers.
There are some alternative drivers such as commercial PalmZip, which can work under DOS with very old computers (8086). | ||||||
Notice difference between ZIP 100 and 250MB in reflective surface (250MB on the right). Record=it was a sound streaming application which allowed to record sound directly to a ZIP disk.
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This article discusses several common issues reported with Iomega ZIP Drives and further troubleshooting steps to help rectify these issues. Issues covered in this article are:
- ZIP disk does not appear on the desktop.
- User hears a clicking sound when disk is inserted and the disk does not appear on the desktop.
- ZIP cartridges is not ejected far enough to remove it from the drive.
1) Question: Why will my ZIP disk icon not appear on the desktop?
Answer: This condition can be caused by many different issues. One of the following suggestions should resolve this:
Verify that the Iomega driver is not covered with a red 'X' during the startup process. Restart the computer and watch for the Iomega driver icon and verify that is not covered with a red 'X'. If the icon is covered by a red 'X', use the extensions manager and turn off all extensions except the Iomega driver. Then restart the computer, if this issue persists, the user should replace the Iomega driver extension by either dragging this extension file from the Restore CD-ROM disc that came with the Macintosh computer, or reinstalling the Mac OS.
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There may be a SCSI conflict which is effecting the ZIP drive from working properly. Verify that the user has removed all external SCSI device to eliminate this as an issue. If the ZIP drive now mounts properly, you should change its SCSI ID so it will mount with the computers other SCSI devices.
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The ZIP cartridge may not be fully inserted into the drive and not be seated correctly. The user should insert the disk firmly into the drive until they hear an audible 'click' sound. This indicates that the disk is fully inserted and should operate normally.
The ZIP Drive may need to be reset to properly read inserted cartridges. There are two reset options a user can try:
- Use the manual eject hole to reset the mechanism. The user should use a small straightened paper clip, insert the paper clip into the small hole which is located slightly above and to the right of the center of the ZIP Cartridge slot. This can be a little tricky since the manual eject lever is quite small. To verify that the lever is being actuated correctly, have a ZIP cartridge inserted in the drive - the cartridge should eject when pressing the lever.
- Use the eject button on the front of the ZIP drive. To access this button the plastic bezel around the drive will need to be removed. Once the cover is removed, press and hold the black button while restarting the computer. Once the computer starts to boot, let go of the button. After the computer is fully restarted, test by inserting a disk to see if this procedure resolved this issue.
Important: If you do not believe the user can remove the front bezel without damaging the computer, either refer them to a local Apple Authorized Service Provider (AASP) for assistance, or dispatch an on site service agent to perform the reset.
2) Question: The user hears a clicking sound when a ZIP disk is inserted and the disk icon does not appear on the desktop, what is wrong?
Answer: This symptom is normal when inserting a ZIP cartridge with an earlier version of the Iomega driver software is being used. Fifa online 3 for mac. This condition can be resolved by one of the following suggestions:
Keep the disk in the drive and let it continue to 'click'. Within 2-5 minutes the user should see a dialog appear asking if they would like to initialize the disk. If the user clicks Yes, a new driver will be installed and this issue should no longer occur. Once the new driver is installed the disk will be backwards compatible with previous versions of the Iomega drivers. Important: If the user chooses to initialize the ZIP cartridge all data on that cartridge will be lost. If the data is important and not backed up the user should take the ZIP cartridge to a computer running an older version of the Iomega software and back up the data to the hard disk. After the disk is backed up they can then initialize the disk without worry of loosing data.
Another option is to download the latest Iomega Tools software which lets users update the driver software on a ZIP disk without having to initialize them.
This software can be obtain from the following location: http://www.iomega.com/support/software/mac.html. Once at this location, click on the item named 'mac503.hqx' to download the software.
Gucci serial number check cap. After following the software installation instructions from the Iomega web site, follow the steps below to configure of this software to address the clicking issue with your Zip drive.
- Open the Iomega Drive Options control panel
- Go to the special menu and choose Advanced Options
- Make sure the default setting is set to, Always update the driver on the disk
- Click Save
- Click Save again
- Close the control panel
- Restart the computer
- After the computer restarts, insert the ZIP disk.
3) Question: My ZIP cartridges are not ejected far enough to remove it from the drive, what is wrong?
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Answer: This issue seems to occur mainly with the Power Macintosh G3 Desktop computers. The cartridge is not ejected far enough from the front on the ZIP drive's plastic bezel and users tend to push the cartridge back into the drive slightly making it almost impossible to remove.
Testing has shown that if you attempt to remove the cartridge by placing your finger on the bottom edge of the cartridge and push up slightly while pulling out, the cartridge can be removed almost every time. When users try to remove the cartridge by grasping the top and bottom edges at the same time is when this issue occurs. When attempting to remove the cartridge in this fashion the it tends to be pushed further back into the drive making it nearly impossible to remove.
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If the troubleshooting steps above do not resolve the user's issue then the drive should be serviced. You can either refer the user to an AASP, or dispatch an on site service agent.
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