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Date: | Thu, 11 Feb 1999 07:58:39 +0200 |
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Hello
I had this problem when I switched from an older machine using
Win 95 to a new machine running Win 98. It turned out that Win 98
recognised the Zip Drive automatically when it was plugged in.
So, Win98 had already assigned a drive letter, etc and so the
Guest95 software on the 1.44Mb disk didn't work. Check in Windows
Explorer and there whould be a drive assigned to the Zip drive.
Insert the Tools Zip disk supplied with the drive and run setup
directly from the Zip disk - this should sort everything out.
Also, I've found, from painful experience, the Zip Drives *do
not* ship with the latest software so you should visit Iomega's
web site to download and install the updated software - it will
definitely improve performance. Another issue with Zip drives is
the ASPI drivers used by Windows are a said to be a bit flaky.
There used to be updated ASPI drivers available from
http://grc.com/aspi_me.exe but apparently Adaptec claimed these
new drivers as their own and, as far as I know, you can now only
get them from the Adaptec web site - *but* apparently before
downloading your system is checked for Adaptec software /
hardware and if there is none you can't download the new drivers.
Hope this helps
Earl
Eric Rozner wrote:
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> Hello-
> My friend bought a used Iomega Zip Drive (LTP connection) and is currently
> trying to get it to work on his system. He said he couldn't get it to work
> on his computer so we brought it over to my computer. We connected
> everything and ran the software on the disk. It found the drive and assign
> it a drive value. I think we used the program called Gust95... (located on
> the iomega disk) He said he never tried that so we went back to his house
> and connected everything and then used the software. It didn't find the
> drive. His LTP port is working because he had his printer hooked up to it.
> He is running a 233 cyrix and win98. I have never dealed with zip drives
> before so all info will be helpful.
> Thanks alot
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