![]() Thanks in advance for any info/advice you guys can share. I might be tempted to buy that machine if I wasn't worried the only thing in the PC case was a burnt out motherboard and broken CPU. I purchased an Iomega 100 zip drive to ONLY retrieve data (pics/files) from a stack of old zip disks. But what it didn't have was a description, other than a statement that the seller didn't accept returns. Iomegaware Zip 100 drive device not recognized by Windows 8 computer Please help. No software should be required as the PCI-to-EIDE adapter will operate the ATAPI Zip drive from the auspices of its own SCSI driver. File explorer shows the drive but will prompt me to 'Please insert a disc' when the drive is selected. ![]() Disk manager shows its as a 96MB unallocated drive, but will not let me format it. In device manager, it recognizes the drive as 'Iomega Zip 100 Drive'. I actually looked at some vintage PCs on eBay and saw a 486 clone that from the pictures not only had a parallel port, but appeared to have an internal Zip Drive for $450 with shipping. Once you get that hooked up in Windows you will have access to your drive and Zip disks without any additional software. The computer recognizes the drive as a USB Mass storage device. ![]() After the initial 100 MB drive, Iomega released a 250 MB (above, right) in 1999 for 199. Does anyone know if a USB Zip drive will work with Windows 10? Over its lifespan, the Zip brand had three disk sizes. I am willing to spend that much, but I am concerned there will be driver and/or Windows 10 issues. There are USB Zip Drives available on eBay for between $16 and $60. I am not sure if the drive I have still works, but as I don't have a PC with a parallel port, it doesn't really matter. But since I haven't accessed any of these disks in well over 20 years, there are limits to how much I am willing to spend. I would like to find something that will let me read those disks because there may be pictures or other files I would like to have. There were probably backups of my 486 PC and files I moved to a zip disk to make room on my 420 MB HD. I know, imagine a disk that could store a whole 100 MB!!! I don't remember exactly what is stored on those disks. There were also a number of 100 MB zip disks. Im running Windows XP and last year I did not have any issues, but now I cant seem to get it to work (completely reformatted the hard drive). I cannot seem to get my Zip Drive to work on my computer anymore. In those boxes was a Zip Drive (parallel port version) I had purchased in or around 1996. Hello everybody, Before I start, Ive read almost every single Iomega Zip Drive 100 Parallel Port thread on this forum. ![]() My family recently sold the house I grew up in requiring me to remove a number of boxes that I had stored there. ![]()
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