Timothy wrote,

> I have a zip drive and would like to know about this "click of
> death" to which you refer. I haven't had a problem so far but that
> sounds pretty fatal! Would someone please educate me? Thanks in
> advance. ...have been one that has had the misfortune of losing data
> due to the infamous Click of Death on a Zip drive and a totally
> failed jaz drive.

There's a great description of the problem, AND a free testing utility
called TIP (Trouble in Paradise) at:

http://grc.com/clickdeath.htm

Steve Gibson also makes SpinRite (not at all free, but well worth it)
and he REALLY knows drive stuff.


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