RE: Error messages using Iomega ZIP
> I use an Iomega ZIP 100 as a backup. I find that I frequently get
> cryptic error messages of various kinds while copying stuff to it.
> However, the actual files seem to get copied nevertheless; I'm not sure
> if they are perfect but as they are pretty well all text files a few
> minor errors wouldn't matter too much.
>
> Is anyone else using this same system, and do they find something
> similar?
>
> Anthony
>
I use zip for backups. The model I use is the scsi one. The only
time I get errors is when there are bad blocks on the disk. You
can reformat them but it's a pain. The utilities that run under
nt won't clear the bad blocks. I wrote a script that does a low
level scsi format of the disk and then verifies it with badblocks.
I doubt if it will work with anything but the scsi version of the
zip drive. I'll send it to you if you want...
jim
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