Rob,

Try this:

1.  Apply the patch Q251381_W2K_SP1_X86_en Iomega which is available at
Win2K Windows Update.  Small patch, under 90k.  It resolves some recognition
issues of Zip drives under Win2K.

2.  Iomega has Win2K compliant IomegaWare.  Have you tried installing that?
The updated drivers may help you.

3.  Lastly, you can tell Win2K to use the parallel port in legacy PnP mode.
To do so, open Device Manager (right-click My Computer -> Properties ->
Hardware tab) and expand the Ports (COM & LPT) entry. Right-click the
Printer Port (LPT1) entry and select Properties. In the Port Settings tab,
select the Enable legacy Plug and Play detection option. When you reboot
your system, the ZIP drive should be detected automatically.

If this doesn't work, you'll need to do some Registry editing. Run regedit
and locate the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Parallel\Parameters
key. Create a new DWORD value called ParEnableLegacyZip and give it a value
of 1. Exit from regedit and run the Hardware Wizard (Control Panel ->
Add/Remove Hardware) and your ZIP drive should show up.

Last tip was from Paul Thurrott and can't hurt although you say the Zip is
recognized in "My Computer" and in "Windows Explorer".

Hope this helps.

Regards,
Richard




--> -----Original Message-----
--> I just recently upgrade one of my computors to Win 2000. I
--> backed up alot of
--> important data on zip disk. Problem now is I can't seem to
--> access the disk.
--> I went with FAT32 when setting up the hard drive. I can still access an
--> older drive in the system that is still FAT16. Win 2000
--> recognized the zip
--> drive and apparently set it up properly whereas the system does show the
--> drive in "My Computor" and in "Windows Explorer", but when I
--> try to access
--> the drive the little light does blink several times and then I
--> get a message
--> to insert a disk when there is already a disk inserted. Reinserting or
--> changing disk doesn't seem to help.
--> I could be wrong, but I feel it doesn't have anything to do
--> with the format
--> of the disk
--> whereas I can't get the system to even recognize that there is
--> a disk in the
--> drive

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