Hello, I dont know whether this is under your jurisdiction, but if anyone
knows where I should go in my computer to format my Iomega zip disk I'd be
deeply grateful! I've spent hours searching google and no answer came
forth.

I have WinXP and just installed IomegaWare. My zip disks are the plain
ones, no pluggings or USB, etc. Thanks ever so much! Adela

P.S. I asked at the Iomega forum but no answer....

Adela wrote:
> Hello, I dont know whether this is under your jurisdiction, but if anyone
> knows where I should go in my computer to format my Iomega zip disk I'd be
> deeply grateful! I've spent hours searching google and no answer came
> forth.
>
> I have WinXP and just installed IomegaWare. My zip disks are the plain
> ones, no pluggings or USB, etc. Thanks ever so much! Adela
>
> P.S. I asked at the Iomega forum but no answer....
>
>
Did you try right clicking on them and picking format?
How about Disk Manager?

On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 21:17:01 -0400, "Adela" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Hello, I dont know whether this is under your jurisdiction, but if anyone
>knows where I should go in my computer to format my Iomega zip disk I'd be
>deeply grateful! I've spent hours searching google and no answer came
>forth.
>
>I have WinXP and just installed IomegaWare. My zip disks are the plain
>ones, no pluggings or USB, etc. Thanks ever so much! Adela
>
>P.S. I asked at the Iomega forum but no answer....


How long did you wait? Five minutes? Ten?

Nonny wrote:
> On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 21:17:01 -0400, "Adela" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Hello, I dont know whether this is under your jurisdiction, but if anyone
>> knows where I should go in my computer to format my Iomega zip disk I'd
>> be
>> deeply grateful! I've spent hours searching google and no answer came
>> forth.
>>
>> I have WinXP and just installed IomegaWare. My zip disks are the plain
>> ones, no pluggings or USB, etc. Thanks ever so much! Adela
>>
>> P.S. I asked at the Iomega forum but no answer....
>
>
> How long did you wait? Five minutes? Ten?

I think it was 15.

Thank you Big Al, I'll go and try it. ) Adela

As to the 2 persons who answered with UNSOLICITED sarcasm...I seriously
doubt that they could ever be of any help to anyone...

"Big Al" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:WgI0k.1105$jX.795@trnddc04...
> Adela wrote:
>> Hello, I dont know whether this is under your jurisdiction, but if anyone
>> knows where I should go in my computer to format my Iomega zip disk I'd
>> be deeply grateful! I've spent hours searching google and no answer came
>> forth.
>>
>> I have WinXP and just installed IomegaWare. My zip disks are the plain
>> ones, no pluggings or USB, etc. Thanks ever so much! Adela
>>
>> P.S. I asked at the Iomega forum but no answer....
> Did you try right clicking on them and picking format?
> How about Disk Manager?

It worked! Thanks so very much Big Al! Adela


"Big Al" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:WgI0k.1105$jX.795@trnddc04...
> Adela wrote:
>> Hello, I dont know whether this is under your jurisdiction, but if anyone
>> knows where I should go in my computer to format my Iomega zip disk I'd
>> be deeply grateful! I've spent hours searching google and no answer came
>> forth.
>>
>> I have WinXP and just installed IomegaWare. My zip disks are the plain
>> ones, no pluggings or USB, etc. Thanks ever so much! Adela
>>
>> P.S. I asked at the Iomega forum but no answer....
> Did you try right clicking on them and picking format?
> How about Disk Manager?

Yeah, Nonny, knock it off!
(sorry Adela - it's been a rough week)

Adela wrote:
> Thank you Big Al, I'll go and try it. ) Adela
>
> As to the 2 persons who answered with UNSOLICITED sarcasm...I seriously
> doubt that they could ever be of any help to anyone...
>
> "Big Al" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:WgI0k.1105$jX.795@trnddc04...
>> Adela wrote:
>>> Hello, I dont know whether this is under your jurisdiction, but if
>>> anyone
>>> knows where I should go in my computer to format my Iomega zip disk I'd
>>> be deeply grateful! I've spent hours searching google and no answer
>>> came
>>> forth.
>>>
>>> I have WinXP and just installed IomegaWare. My zip disks are the plain
>>> ones, no pluggings or USB, etc. Thanks ever so much! Adela
>>>
>>> P.S. I asked at the Iomega forum but no answer....
>> Did you try right clicking on them and picking format?
>> How about Disk Manager?

Adela wrote:
> It worked! Thanks so very much Big Al! Adela
>
>

I was about to pull out the drive and dusting it off.... :-)
Wonder if it would sell on Ebay with about 20 100mb floppies? Hmmmmm....

Glad to hear Adela.

> "Big Al" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:WgI0k.1105$jX.795@trnddc04...
>> Adela wrote:
>>> Hello, I dont know whether this is under your jurisdiction, but if anyone
>>> knows where I should go in my computer to format my Iomega zip disk I'd
>>> be deeply grateful! I've spent hours searching google and no answer came
>>> forth.
>>>
>>> I have WinXP and just installed IomegaWare. My zip disks are the plain
>>> ones, no pluggings or USB, etc. Thanks ever so much! Adela
>>>
>>> P.S. I asked at the Iomega forum but no answer....
>> Did you try right clicking on them and picking format?
>> How about Disk Manager?
>
>

On Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:38:55 GMT, Big Al <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I was about to pull out the drive and dusting it off.... :-)
>Wonder if it would sell on Ebay with about 20 100mb floppies? Hmmmmm....

You might get five bucks for it all.

Why anyone would want to use that anymore is beyond me.

Thanks very much marx and allen for the genuine information on the
obsolescense of the zip disks. I'm aware of the risks of this method, but
there are reasons why I don't go and get the latest "fashion" in computer
"toys". I personally know many individuals and small businesses that have
been using them for a long time without experiencing the click of death.
Granted - it can happen - and I recognize it.

I really appreciate your warnings though, and will upgrade (when I find it
possible) to more secure methods, as you suggested. ) Adela


"marx404" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:4843dcb1$0$5706$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Adela, not being sarcastic, but Iomega ZIP Disk? I only hope that you wish
> to recover data and not to store critical data on a ZIP drive. Just trying
> to be helpful, there are many who still risk the "click of death" form ZIP
> drives today (look it up on Google) it's Russian roulette if you ask me,
> especially when you can use CDR or DVDR reliably, which also is a format
> everyone uses now. I would also suggest USB thumb drives as an
> alternative.
>
> --
> marx404