Had Iomega Zip 100 IDE on Win98 years ago. Last night got the drive working again on XP with Iomega XP drivers but cannot use my password to unlock protected zip disk. Why does my password no longer work (apart from the obvious "you must be using the wrong password"). Help!

OMG ZIP drives. wow (extreme legacy) 1994 made.
no, those ended 2 decades ago.
why not use USB memory sticks
or USB hdd or ssd docking ?
leave Iomega in the dust bin,
off the wiki it says.
quote:
Microsoft Windows family (Parallel drives not supported on Windows 7 and above)

You can download drivers for the zip-drive at:
https://iomega-na-en.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/16736
They should help.

Greetings - According to Iomega your 100 MB ZIP drive media should be fine at being at least readable (the Iomega software does not work with Win 7) natively by Win 7 and Vista. Since the drive is recognized I suspect the problem is actually the discs themselves.

It turns out that the discs were not very good at long term storage and are notorious enough to have a term referring to the problem as the "Zip Burp" where:

• A) All files on the disk disappear
• B) Just Compressed Formats such as JPG, ZIP, CAB, ECT Disapear
• C) "The Disk Needs To Be Reformatted" message is displayed or
• D) files disappear as you click them

The only way that I know to find out for sure if your discs are good is if you can find someone with an XP machine that will let you temporarily install your Zip drive (including the latest drivers) and see what happens.

Good Luck,

Mikeywaf

ur zip drive heater were not work properly, kindly check & clean it, or replace it

you can always try to format and delete all the data, then recover it, recuva can help you recover it, its free from recuva.com. but that would be last resort

If youre connecting it to XP or Vista, chances are it will detect and install automatically. The CD may not be necessary. You can try iomega's website for updated drivers if you need them.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/Search.aspx?displaylang=en

here.

Well your Q. is not very clear but as per my concern it is not a problem of Window XP. You have not download the correct Driver of it. Surch for the exact Driver and install it on your computer.

hi

can you try reformatting that? it may readily upgrade itslef after reformatting it.

I'm trying to re-install iomegaware zip 100 & it tells me it does not support windows 2000 so I need to update drivers. Can you please help me figure this out as I rely on my zip for backups. I have version 21.1.
thanks very much
Marlene