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Posted by: Quadraman on 2008-04-20 20:07:50
I just got a bunch of used zip discs for free and some of them won't mount. I can understand if they might be PC format that they wouldn't work, but is there any way I can reformat these discs or at least force my Mac to recognize that they are in the drive? I can't even eject the discs from the desktop, I have to eject them manually.
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Posted by: coius on 2008-04-20 20:09:05
You might want to see if they are password protected. Go look for the Iomega Zip Tools.
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Posted by: JRL on 2008-04-20 20:32:43
PC format disks worked in my PM 5500 with an external Zip Plus drive and IomegaWare 6.0.2, so it shouldn't just be because they are PC formatted.
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Posted by: tomlee59 on 2008-04-20 21:01:18
In any case, you can always reformat them for the mac. As long as they aren't damaged, that is.
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Posted by: Unknown_K on 2008-04-20 23:07:58
I read PC formatted zip 100 disks in my powermacs just fine (2 beige g3's and 2 B&Ws).
Any chance you stuck a zip 250 disk into a zip 100 drive?
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Posted by: Quadraman on 2008-04-21 07:17:17
In any case, you can always reformat them for the mac. As long as they aren't damaged, that is. How do I do that?
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Posted by: JRL on 2008-04-21 16:59:04
In any case, you can always reformat them for the mac. As long as they aren't damaged, that is. How do I do that?
With Iomega Zip Tools.
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Posted by: Temetka on 2008-04-21 19:13:35
Can't he format it with Drive Setup? Assuming you are booting into 9 or lower.
In OS X it should appear in Disk Utility.
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Posted by: madmax_2069 on 2008-04-23 07:10:17
i have the tools that came on the zip disk i bought new. i thought it would be good to make a backup of them
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Posted by: g3diehard on 2008-05-29 14:48:28
I just got a bunch of used zip discs for free and some of them won't mount. I can understand if they might be PC format that they wouldn't work, but is there any way I can reformat these discs or at least force my Mac to recognize that they are in the drive? I can't even eject the discs from the desktop, I have to eject them manually. How do you eject the zip discs manually?
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Posted by: LCGuy on 2008-05-29 16:45:22
There should be a pinhole on it somewhere that you can insert a paperclip into, like a CD/DVD drive. External zips have it on the back.
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Posted by: Quadraman on 2008-05-29 16:58:58
I just got a bunch of used zip discs for free and some of them won't mount. I can understand if they might be PC format that they wouldn't work, but is there any way I can reformat these discs or at least force my Mac to recognize that they are in the drive? I can't even eject the discs from the desktop, I have to eject them manually. How do you eject the zip discs manually?
I pried back the cover on the front of my G4 to expose the eject button underneath. Why Apple obscured the manual eject button like that is beyond all reason.
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