DougC
01-24-2001, 09:30 PM
- - - Just got a Zip 250 a few days back. Mine is the USB with the (oh, hell, the slot for an adaptor for a laptop). I've noticed a couple things:
- It is only about twice as thick as a Zip disk. I can see a little through the slot, but hows this thing work? Why does it sound like a dentist's drill? Are there any internal diagrams online?
- I noticed that it sometimes has problems. I checked the Zip site for Win98 problems, and it noted that sometimes transfer rates can be very slow, but offered no fix. I have seen myself that if you try to move files on or off it, sometimes the system font gets screwed up and you have to guess as to all your menu questions, until you can reboot. I also noticed that it can have problems if I try to copy or move multiple nested folders at once. I figured this had something to do with my own Zip drive on a USB situation, but it's not so: my college's computers have the same problem and they use internal Zip drives. Previously, if I had found a font or two on the college's computers I liked, I would copy it onto a floppy with no problems. Today I got ambitious and decided to copy all of the 350 or so fonts off a school computer at once. About a half-minute into it, the system went batty and all the system fonts disappeared! All the buttons went blank, except for only an occasional dash here or there. All the buttons got real short (but normal width) too. I got out, rebooted and checked the Zip again, and the first 99 fonts had been moved to the Zip. I did manage to get them all back on the system, but gave up trying to copy the rest. ~ I haven't ever had any other program or drive do this, and previously before I had a Zip drive (or any zip disks) I never saw it on the school's computers either. What gives? Is this fairly normal for these things? - MC
- It is only about twice as thick as a Zip disk. I can see a little through the slot, but hows this thing work? Why does it sound like a dentist's drill? Are there any internal diagrams online?
- I noticed that it sometimes has problems. I checked the Zip site for Win98 problems, and it noted that sometimes transfer rates can be very slow, but offered no fix. I have seen myself that if you try to move files on or off it, sometimes the system font gets screwed up and you have to guess as to all your menu questions, until you can reboot. I also noticed that it can have problems if I try to copy or move multiple nested folders at once. I figured this had something to do with my own Zip drive on a USB situation, but it's not so: my college's computers have the same problem and they use internal Zip drives. Previously, if I had found a font or two on the college's computers I liked, I would copy it onto a floppy with no problems. Today I got ambitious and decided to copy all of the 350 or so fonts off a school computer at once. About a half-minute into it, the system went batty and all the system fonts disappeared! All the buttons went blank, except for only an occasional dash here or there. All the buttons got real short (but normal width) too. I got out, rebooted and checked the Zip again, and the first 99 fonts had been moved to the Zip. I did manage to get them all back on the system, but gave up trying to copy the rest. ~ I haven't ever had any other program or drive do this, and previously before I had a Zip drive (or any zip disks) I never saw it on the school's computers either. What gives? Is this fairly normal for these things? - MC