alt.certification.a-plus - Zip drive not recognized in Windows XP

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Zip drive not recognized in Windows XP

condor

2002-07-29, 8:25 pm

An internal 100 MB Zip drive used on a pc with Windows ME. After an upgrade
to XP, the pc does not even recognize the zip drive. Doesn't show up in
device manager.

Anyone else come across this problem?

condor

2002-07-29, 9:25 pm

Thanks Stew. Yeah, I know to stay away from the dreaded upgrade. It's a
users home pc that is having the problem. I told him I'd take a look at it
after work. Just wanted to check if there was a "known issue" I wasn't aware
of before I went over there.

Thanks, Andrew

"S.Lewis" <stew1960@mail.com> wrote in message
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> "condor" <condo @condor.com> wrote in message
> news:hmm19.25037$NX5.15332@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...
> > An internal 100 MB Zip drive used on a pc with Windows ME. After an
> upgrade
> > to XP, the pc does not even recognize the zip drive. Doesn't show up in
> > device manager.
> >
> > Anyone else come across this problem?
> >
> >
>
> Nope, but I'd be checking my BIOS to see if the drive is seen there first.
>
> If not, check both the IDE/power cabling connections and jumpers on the
> drive, then check BIOS again.
>
> Zips can be a bit buggy, fwiw. Worse yet <not criticizing you, mindya>,
> it's a far better thing to do a clean/full/formatted install of an OS than
> an 'upgrade' over the top of an existing OS. Several things can happen
> during an 'upgrade', and only one of them is good.
>
> Here's hoping you ultimately don't have to format the drive and do a full
> install to get the zip back...
>
> good luck,
>
> Stew
>
>
>

W.F. Peifer

2002-07-30, 12:25 am

"condor" <condo @condor.com> wrote in message
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> An internal 100 MB Zip drive used on a pc with Windows ME. After an
upgrade
> to XP, the pc does not even recognize the zip drive. Doesn't show up in
> device manager.
>
> Anyone else come across this problem?
>

Not with ME to XP, but I had a similar problem with a 98SE to 2000 upgrade.
I had to go to Iomega's site to get NT/2000 drivers. You're also going from
a 9x (DOS-based) OS to an NT based OS, so you may want to try that approach.
Remember that the Zip is an ATAPI device like a CD drive, and thus requires
drivers that a pure IDE/ATA device won't need.

Tom MacIntyre

2002-07-30, 3:25 am

On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 23:29:37 -0600, "W.F. Peifer"
<wfpeifer@no-spam.com> wrote:

>"condor" <condo @condor.com> wrote in message
>news:hmm19.25037$NX5.15332@nwrddc02.gnilink.net...
>> An internal 100 MB Zip drive used on a pc with Windows ME. After an
>upgrade
>> to XP, the pc does not even recognize the zip drive. Doesn't show up in
>> device manager.
>>
>> Anyone else come across this problem?
>>
>
>Not with ME to XP, but I had a similar problem with a 98SE to 2000 upgrade.
>I had to go to Iomega's site to get NT/2000 drivers. You're also going from
>a 9x (DOS-based) OS to an NT based OS, so you may want to try that approach.
>Remember that the Zip is an ATAPI device like a CD drive, and thus requires
>drivers that a pure IDE/ATA device won't need.
>
>

I feel that I should point out that this is the REAL W.F.Peifer, a
fine and valuable contributor to this great newsgroup.

Tom

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W.F. Peifer

2002-07-30, 10:25 am

"S.Lewis" <stew1960@mail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Zips generally use the Windows native drivers perfectly well. And by all
> means do NOT install the Iomega Tools <software of death>......
>

Checked my history database, and came up with a 4-5 "won-lost" record for
Win2K installs and Zip drives using Win2K native drivers. Digging a little
deeper, I found that I was 1-5 with the first release of Win2K and 3-0 with
the version with SP2 built in. The one success with the "old" Win2K was a
Zip250. The 5 failures (corrected with Iomega's drivers) were all Zip100s.
Take the numbers for what they're worth. And it's no guarantee that XP has
the same difficulty, but it's a possibility.

However, I concur on the Iomega Tools. If whatever you end up using to get
the drive seen also installs the Tools, I recommend uninstalling them,
leaving just the driver for support.

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