I too have many Zip and Fuji disks that I purchased when they first came
out.  I use them as "briefcases" to transport files back and forth to my
clients.  Which means that they get erased and rewritten quite
frequently.and I see no difference in performance with either brand.

Jim Meagher
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----- Original Message -----
From: Earl Truss <[log in to unmask]>

> I'm interested in hearing about this too.  I've got eight Iomega Zip
disks
> that I bought several years ago when the drives first came out.  All are
> still working with no problems.  I got a few used Fuji Zip disks from
> someone and one of them had write errors the first time I tried to use
it.
> I ran it through "Trouble In Paradise" - the Zip disk diagnostic - and
that
> seemed to clean it up OK, but I still get about ten times more recovered
> errors on this disk than I do on Iomega ones when running them through
the
> test.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sunil Bector <[log in to unmask]>
>
> >Also, I have seen zip disks from other manufacturers for much cheaper
than
> >Iomega's own disks.  Is there any reason why I shouldn't buy disks made
by
> >another manufacturer?
> >
>
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