Zip Drives
Jun 21, 2022 10:40:10 #
How quickly we forget. I "googled" Zip drive because I didn't know what it was. When I saw the picture, I thought "Yeah, I had one of those." I wonder what happened to it. I guess it went away along with my memory.
Jun 21, 2022 11:01:08 #
lbrande wrote:
I attached the 250 drive to my Win11 HP laptop and was able to transfer a number of jpeg images to a 100 mb disc. Was kind of slow and took a while but worked OK.I still have my ZIP250 and about 2 dozen Zip Disks. It apparently doesn't work with Windows 10/11
Jun 21, 2022 11:12:24 #
NJphotodoc
Loc: Now in the First State
I used ZIP and then JAZ drives in my office for our files. Then one day the ZIP drive failed and it was then I learned that the "click of dealth" was a well-known issue. Cost me a lot to find someone who could recover the files and I then went to an HP server and RAID drive bank for any and everything important.
I guess you can still find ZIP disks and eBay but there are better, faster, and much safer choices out there. But the disks do may a very nice coaster for your drinks :)
I guess you can still find ZIP disks and eBay but there are better, faster, and much safer choices out there. But the disks do may a very nice coaster for your drinks :)
Jun 21, 2022 11:16:10 #
lbrande wrote:
I still have my ZIP250 and about 2 dozen Zip Disks. It apparently doesn't work with Windows 10/11
I am quite sure I get my zip to work with windows 10.
Jun 26, 2022 01:25:03 #
Bananapuppy
Loc: Sunny Tucson, AZ
Like everybody else, I had a ZIP drive and a few dozen disks. After I went to other media drives and determined the ZIPs were incompatible with my Mac, I dumped them. Lost a whole bunch of old sports photos, but they've been long replaced with newer and better images. Bp
Jun 26, 2022 06:14:08 #
Bananapuppy wrote:
Like everybody else, I had a ZIP drive and a few dozen disks. After I went to other media drives and determined the ZIPs were incompatible with my Mac, I dumped them. Lost a whole bunch of old sports photos, but they've been long replaced with newer and better images. Bp
This shows the importance of mixing media for backup.
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