Re: Zip Drive Woes
John J. Stafford (Stafford@Wind.Winona.msus.edu)
Sat, 3 Aug 1996 11:59:16 EDT
"William M. Bercu" <Bill.Bercu@asu.edu> wrote:
> We had a zip disk lock up in a drive in our lab. The computer doesn't
> seem to want to read the disk. We tried it on a couple of different
> computers and it seems that the drive itself will not recognize the disk.
> The disk worked fine earlier, in another zip.
Just a quick note. Do not put Zip drives on their sides as shown
in the literature. Yes, the case is designed to permit this, but
an inordinate number of drive failures has occured to those who
do it. The failure is usually preceded by clicking sounds, as
the seek mechanism begins to fail.
John Stafford
Stafford@Wind.Winona.msus.edu