I bought my first Zip drive, oh, maybe 5 years ago? Bought my second one about a month later. Both developed the 'Dreaded Click 'O Death' after a few months use; at the time, I didn't know what it was. Then I trashed 4 or 5 disks that I'd saved technical illustrations to, several months of work, and POOF! they were gone. Nothing I had could recover my files. And I was afraid of a hard drive crash! That's why I used Zip drives. Silly me.
A search on the 'net informed me of the Click problem on Zips, and Iomega's promise to repair or replace them without question, even if out-of-warranty. To their credit, they did so very quickly, sending the replacements to me first via FedEx, then I shipped mine back to them. I told them of my bad disks, and they sent replacements for those, too. Everything was fine for a year-or-so, but every so often they will click for far too long when trying to read a file--it scares me every time it happens, and in the meantime I have still lost a few more (not as important) files. Sometimes when I'm trying to write a file, especially a large one, they'll make a lot of noise and then I'll get a notice that the file could not be copied, for a reason I don't remember. They're just not trustworthy. Short term storage only (days, or a few weeks, maybe; any longer and your playing Russian roulette with your files!) Burn anything important on CD-ROM. Right now, I have three bad Zip disks that cannot and will not format. It's nice to know that Iomega will replace them, and thank you for letting me know, but I'm not sure it's worth the effort. I consider the product of very limited usefulness, considering the long history of disk and drive failures I've delt with, and I've already backed up everything on my other 12 Zip disks of any importance to CDs, so the Zip drives see very little use anymore... Zips were a great ideal, so it's a real shame they just are not reliable. --Alex Black on 10/20/02 1:35 PM, Maaki at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > ...I have recently returned to Iomega 12 dead Zip disks that won't format. Iomega will replace them, if you go to their website first and request an RMA. > > Maaki. > > > ------------------------------------- > ---At 11:15 PM -0700 10/19/02, Philip Black wrote:--- > >> I have used two external Zip drives connected to my 7500 for years, and I've lost a great deal of my work that I had saved onto Zip disks; they should not be used for archival purposes, and don't hold up well... >> >> --Alex Black > > > > -- > PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | > -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: <mailto:pci-powermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> > To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> > For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> > Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com > -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:pci-powermacs@;mail.maclaunch.com> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-off@;mail.maclaunch.com> For digest mode, email: <mailto:pci-powermacs-digest@;mail.maclaunch.com> Subscription questions: <mailto:listmom@;lowendmac.com> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
