on 6/13/03 2:48 PM, Olin Jenkins at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 17:18:59 -0600, "Rev. George G. Guillory" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I bought a Zip 100 back when they first came out. I don't use it >> extensively, maybe 2 or 3 times a month. > > I keep one 100MB and one 250MB drive on each of my primary machines. > No probs yet with a 250MB model but *lots* of trouble with almost > each of my 100MB models. I do just about the same thing Rev. George: > back up to both drives. Rev. George had reset instructions here: > >> To reset the Zip, shut down the Mac. Reboot and hold in the eject button >> on the front of the drive until the Mac is finished booting. On an internal >> drive you'll have to remove the faceplate unless the faceplate has a >> paperclip hole. This hole will be right over the button. This resets the >> drive heads. So far this has worked for me every time. > > And it did for me, with two external 100MB drives. Mine at home > started clacking badly but would always recognize the disk after many > clicks. I reset my home drive this morning, and it's behaving. > >> Hope this helps someone. > > I tried Rev. George's tip with a 100MB drive that had destroyed two > Zip disks (on their way back to Fuji and Maxell) that I was certain > had Click of Death, and it's resurrected. I backed up my PowerBook > 170 and Classic II and put it right back on our radio station's 6400, > from whence it came. Works. For now. I still don't trust Zips. > > Now, here's another Macintosh myth, fable or legend that someone else > can help clear up. My original Macintosh guru taught me that when > hard drives are formatted either vertically or horizontally, that's > the way we should continue to operate them. Upon the first prob I had > with a Zip disk, my guru told me to reformat a disk vertically and > continue to operate the drive in the same manner. I reformatted a Zip > disk with the drive positioned vertically and have done so ever > since, until I bought an internal drive for my 6500/G3/Sonnet 400 and > had problems (DiskWarrior kept those disks from being destroyed). Any > possible truth that reading from and/or writing to disks formatted > horizatonally or vertically has anything to do with failure rate? > > BTW, I'm using the Iomega 4.0.2 software on the machines pertinent to > this list. > > -- > peace.... Olin Jenkins, [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jenkins Typography > 1303 Sunset Drive, Columbia, SC 29203 ... phone/fax: 803-256-2245 > Layout and design and full editing services at reasonable prices.... > Please visit <http://www.jenkinstypography.com> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
Hi Olin and all; Olin sent me the above quote. I'm glad this was able to help. I forget where I got this info. I'm inclined to believe it was post on the old juip.com website. I give this info to everyone I know that has a Zip. From personal experiance I only know of 1 time it didn't work, but I think that drive was dropped. As for the vertical versus horizontal thing, all my Zip disks are formatted in the horizontal position but work in the vertical position also. I guess it depends on the drive. YMMV Happy Fathers Day to all! --Thanks; Rev. George --Maranatha (means the Lord cometh) -- 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:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
