Iomega 31714 100 MB USB-Powered Zip Drive
The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is the state-of-the-art interface that makes good on the long-touted promise of simple plug-and-play capability. The new Zip 100MB USB drive from Iomega is the perfect merger for this facilitating technology. Simply plug the drive into the USB port and you are ready to work. It's that fast. Combine this ease with the reliability and portability of the world-renown Zip 100MB drive and you have an unequaled storage solution.
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Iomega 31714 100 MB USB-Powered Zip Drive Reviews
So, maybe we should double-backup our documents. But, if computer history is any lesson, even those CDs and flash drives will prove unfaithful to us in time. We have been told to constantly get documents out of our hard drives and onto external storage units: floppies, zip floppies, CDs or flash drives. I believed in that "wisdom" and faithfully followed it.
Yes, I just bought one and it works fine, but for how long. And, I hear, Iomega no longer makes this 100 MG driveI've tried to purchase it new, but have been unsuccessful.
Next, the drive refused to even recognized an inserted zip floppy. Yes, a CD or flash drive is the way to go.
Without warning, it started showing document icons, but wouldn't open them. So, now, as of April, 2008, I have lots of documents I can't get to.
Well, regular floppies have disappointed me badly (yes, some made by Iomega) and now, after over five years of use my Iomega 100 MG zip drive has gone. SOME restored faith: I learned that Iomega's 250MG external zip drive will work with 100MB zip floppies.
So, I'll still transfer everything on the 100s elsewhere.just in case.
I wasn't sure it would work with Vista (I have read that the zip drives with parallel ports do not work with Vista). I used it to successfully transfer contents of the disks to my new computer with Windows Vista. I purchased this after discovering that I had old digital pictures stored on 100 MB zip disks. Exactly what I needed and I received it in 3 days. Based on previous reviews I did not install the software, I simply plugged it into my USB port and transfered them.
I never received the product that I ordered. After about 6 days after the order was placed, I received a call that this product had been discontinued.
Doubtless this product would have gained a 5 star rating had I not found it necessary to return the product to the seller, unused. I strongly recommend obtaining detailed system compatibility information prior to purchase of any Iomega product in order to avoid the challenge of communicating with Iomega customer support.
Charges were appropriate. The product was received as advertised in a timely manner. I am completely satisfied with this purchase.
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