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In need of help, I have an Iomega Zip 100 Drive, in device manager under
disk drives it appears as IMG VPO, but under my computer it isn't recogized.
I have WinXp Pro. Thanks
 
William said:
In need of help, I have an Iomega Zip 100 Drive, in device manager under
disk drives it appears as IMG VPO, but under my computer it isn't recogized.
I have WinXp Pro. Thanks
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Just a guess, but is this a parallel port ZIP? If so, check with IOMEGA on
any special drivers and installation for it under XP.

However, if it is a standard internal ZIP (also called ATAPI), then XP
should have detecte it and configured it automatically. Ditto for an extral
USB ZIP. If either of these, with the ZIP still attached, use the device
manager to uninstall the ZIP. This is a software uninstall not a physcial
disconnection. Now use the device manager to detect new hardware. If you
are lucky it will find the ZIP and install drivers.
 
If it's a parallel port Zip 100, you will have to go to:

http://www.iomega.com/software/index.html

When the page loads, use the Download Wizard to direct you to the Windows XP
version of Iomegaware and the Parallel Port Slow Transfer Patch. Delete the
drive from Device Manager, install both of the downloads and the drive as
directed.

If it's a USB ZIP 100, delete it from the Device Manager, reboot, and let
Windows XP find it and install the native Windows XP drivers for the drive.

For any other ZIP drive: Delete it from the Device Manager, then use the
Download Wizard at the Iomega site to get the Windows XP software/drivers
and install as directed...
 
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