Zip Drive

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I was wondering if some one can tell me, if I have a 100meg zip drive
and disk, can the 100 meg disk be read on a 250 meg zip drive?
 
Yes. The 250 MB zip drives are backwards compatible with the 100 MB disks
(they will read from and write to the older disks) but the 100 MB drives
will not read from or write to the 250 MB disks.
 
The consensus is that the process of a 250 reading a 100 ZIP Disk is VERY
SLOW. If you have a CD-R/CD-RW drive, burn the data on the ZIP Disks to a
CD-R or CD-RW disk. If you have a ZIP 100 USB Drive, Windows XP has Native
XP drivers for it, and you won't need anything from Iomega. All you do is
plug it into the USB port, and Windows XP finds it and installs the drivers
for it. (For a Parallel Port ZIP Drive, you WILL need to download and
install the Windows XP compatible version of Iomegaware) Another thing that
I have found is that ZIP disks, especially the ZIP 100 MB, have short lives
because of the nature of the moving parts or design of the disk, wear or
damage easily. After a few ZIP 100 disks died, I knew that I couldn't
depend on them. They're expensive too, compared with CD-R or CD-RW disks
which hold more than seven times the data, and cost less than one dollar. I
burned all the data on my ZIP 100 Disks to CDR and CD-RW disks, then put my
ZIP drive out to pasture.
 
The consensus is that the process of a 250 reading a 100 ZIP Disk is VERY
SLOW. If you have a CD-R/CD-RW drive, burn the data on the ZIP Disks to a
CD-R or CD-RW disk. If you have a ZIP 100 USB Drive, Windows XP has Native
XP drivers for it, and you won't need anything from Iomega. All you do is
plug it into the USB port, and Windows XP finds it and installs the drivers
for it. (For a Parallel Port ZIP Drive, you WILL need to download and
install the Windows XP compatible version of Iomegaware) Another thing that
I have found is that ZIP disks, especially the ZIP 100 MB, have short lives
because of the nature of the moving parts or design of the disk, wear or
damage easily. After a few ZIP 100 disks died, I knew that I couldn't
depend on them. They're expensive too, compared with CD-R or CD-RW disks
which hold more than seven times the data, and cost less than one dollar. I
burned all the data on my ZIP 100 Disks to CDR and CD-RW disks, then put my
ZIP drive out to pasture.
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I do have a CD Writer and the capability to burn the data to a CD, but
the problem here is the information I need to transport is larger than
a 3.5" floppy but smaller than a mini CD-RW disk, which would waste
the disk to simply transfer the files from one machine to the other.
I use my USB Zip drive to transfer files from my desktop to my laptop
because some of the files are between the size of the two storage
medium and I haven't managed to link both WinXP machines together like
I did with Win98. Unless, some one here can tell me how I can do that
betwen USB ports or through the network ports.

My main reason for asking this information about the zip drives is so
I can transfer 16.5MB files from my laptop to my bos' system (which
also is a WinXP) and let him collect the graphic files and burn them
when he has enough to fill a 210MB mini disk or a 700MB full size
disk.
 
Maybe what we have here is a lack of communication. Saying that the amount
of data is too small to waste the use of a CD-RW disk to transfer data
between two systems doesn't make sense to me. A CD-RW disk is re-writable.
Once you transfer the files, you can delete them from the CD-RW disk and
re-use that CD-RW disk for something else.
 
t.cruise said:
Maybe what we have here is a lack of communication. Saying that the amount
of data is too small to waste the use of a CD-RW disk to transfer data
between two systems doesn't make sense to me. A CD-RW disk is re-writable.
Once you transfer the files, you can delete them from the CD-RW disk and
re-use that CD-RW disk for something else.
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As an aside. Please keep in mind that RW disks should NOT be used for
important data backup.
 
Maybe what we have here is a lack of communication. Saying that the amount
of data is too small to waste the use of a CD-RW disk to transfer data
between two systems doesn't make sense to me. A CD-RW disk is re-writable.
Once you transfer the files, you can delete them from the CD-RW disk and
re-use that CD-RW disk for something else.
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Yes, I agree here, but what I was saying is that my boss mentioned
that I could burn the files I downloaded from my digital camera to my
laptop to a CD-RW disk so he could use them.... and from the CD
burners I have access to, the one on my desktop will finalize the disk
so it can be read by another cd drive, thus once it has been
finalized, it can not be written to, and if it isn't finalized, it
can't be read from another system. I have tried to write to a CD-RW
disk on my desktop and then try to read it on my laptop without
finalizing it, the laptop couldn't read it. The best way for me to
transfer large files from my desktop is through the USB Zip drive
which I use between the two machines. Am I missing something here?
 
As an aside. Please keep in mind that RW disks should NOT be used for
important data backup.
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Why? I have done this several times before. I burn downloaded (paid)
program files to a CD-RW disk after installing it on my system so I
can re-install it in case of a future system crash. I also like to
copy graphic files to a CD-RW disk to allow me to view them later and
clear room on my hard drives. You know, like a photo album... look at
them now and then again later... :-)
 
Go to the Nero web site, and download Nero 6, plus the Nero 6 InCD download.
InCD allows for you to format a CD-RW, and use the disk as if it was any
other drive, being able to view the files on other systems, and being able
to delete files and re-use the space on the CD-RW disk. On some systems you
might have to reboot to see the files on the disk in MY Computer. So, it's
the burning software that you're using that's holding you back. Packet
writing Nero InCD has allowed me to use the same CD-RW disk to Copy and
Paste files to other systems, and then I can right click and delete the
files off of the CD-RW disk and use it for something else.
 
Go to the Nero web site, and download Nero 6, plus the Nero 6 InCD download.
InCD allows for you to format a CD-RW, and use the disk as if it was any
other drive, being able to view the files on other systems, and being able
to delete files and re-use the space on the CD-RW disk. On some systems you
might have to reboot to see the files on the disk in MY Computer. So, it's
the burning software that you're using that's holding you back. Packet
writing Nero InCD has allowed me to use the same CD-RW disk to Copy and
Paste files to other systems, and then I can right click and delete the
files off of the CD-RW disk and use it for something else.
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Cool, thanks for that information... I think I will give that a try
when I can efford the extra money... right now I have to continue
using what I have. Thanks!
 
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