IOMEGA ZIP Drive question

[Guest]

Hi guys:


I have an internal IOMEGA ZIP drive and I thought to buy new discs for it,
but someone told me that there's a limitation of the disc size that the drive
can read. In the properties to that drive, my Windows XP says "IOMEGA ZIP
250" -- does it mean that it's not going to read ZIP discs bigger than 250
MB? Does anyone know?

Thank you in advance...

 

[its_my_dime]

Hi guys:


I have an internal IOMEGA ZIP drive and I thought to buy new discs for it,
but someone told me that there's a limitation of the disc size that the
drive
can read. In the properties to that drive, my Windows XP says "IOMEGA ZIP
250" -- does it mean that it's not going to read ZIP discs bigger than 250
MB? Does anyone know?

Thank you in advance...

If it says ZIP 250, it will read and write to disks UP TO AND INCLUDING 250
MB. But no larger. If you really don't trust your "properties" reading,
pull the drive and check it against the Iomega web site specs.

 

[Guest]

An Iomega 250MB zip drive can read and write to
either 100MB or 250MB disks. It cannot read or
write to a disk larger than 250MB.

Ref:
https://iomega-na-en.custhelp.com/c...d=1072727203&p_sid=kF3k_q5i&p_lva=14432&p_li=

 

[JTW]

Correct, with a little more info. The iomega 250 drive requires the
250 disks - dont try and use disks larger or disks made specifically
for a different model of the internal drive.

 

[its_my_dime]

Correct, with a little more info. The iomega 250 drive requires the
250 disks - dont try and use disks larger or disks made specifically
for a different model of the internal drive.

More:

I have no problem running 100 MB disks in my (external) ZIP 250. Web site
says that the 250 MB drive will run both 100 mb and 250 disks.

 

[JTW]

Should have been clearer on "model" - I meant more like the iOmega Jaz
(two z?) vs. the Zip drive.

 

[All Things Mopar]

Today =?Utf-8?B?Q2FyZXkgRnJpc2NoICBbTVZQXQ==?= commented
courteously on the subject at hand

An Iomega 250MB zip drive can read and write to
either 100MB or 250MB disks. It cannot read or
write to a disk larger than 250MB.

Ref:
https://iomega-na-en.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/iomega_na_en.cfg/p
hp/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1207&p_created=1072727203&p_s
id=kF3k_q5i&p_lva=14432&p_li=

Goodness, didn't know these dogs with fleas still existed! I'm
rummage saling my old Zip 100 drives, haven't used them since
going optical some years back. Both far cheaper to do optical
and far more reliable, albeit at the loss of flexibility.

 

[Guest]

An Iomega 250MB zip drive can read and write to
either 100MB or 250MB disks. It cannot read or
write to a disk larger than 250MB.

Ref:
https://iomega-na-en.custhelp.com/c...d=1072727203&p_sid=kF3k_q5i&p_lva=14432&p_li=

Thank you all very much. I didn;t know that.

 

[R E Creagh, MD FACS]

If I can be excused by all.
Old technology does not means useless technology. I still use not only ZIP
and JAZ but even Bernouilli, since I have several and the do their job just
fine, cheap and reliably. There are DOS, Xenix and early Unix applications,
which are usefull and not upgradables, still benefit from them. I use then
also from W98 to XP, beside of optical and USB devices, if practical.
All this drives can always use same or less capacity cartridges, but never
more than the drive stated capacity.
Cheers

 

[Jack Mc Kenna]

More:

I have no problem running 100 MB disks in my (external) ZIP 250. Web site
says that the 250 MB drive will run both 100 mb and 250 disks.

The only problem is that a 250 MB Zip drive cannot format 100 MB Disks