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by espet

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I have a client working on a Athlon 650 with an Asus K7V board. It is running Windows 98 Second Edition. I built this computer and know it is a good system. I installed the client's Iomega Zip 100 Plus drive. The drive is working like it should. Theproblem I am having is that the drive is not correctly reporting the free space of the zip disks. I have reinstalled the drivers, switched to a new zip drive, and have even swithed the mode on the parrallel port. Anyone have any other ideas?

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by rockyolson

Hi what is the reported space on the zip?? I think after formating it's suppose to be around 95mgs. If this is what you are getting then you are in the ball park. rockyolson@charter.net

by espet

The reported space on the zip is around 32 mbs. The disk is pretty full. The problem is that when I put a blank disk in, it is still reporting 32 mbs.

by fred gordon

Try quick formatting a new disk and check "display summary when finished". Summary should read 95.7MB capacity. If not, try removing and reinstalling the zip drive in control panel.

When you say "not correctly reporting" are you referring to Windows Explorer? Check your settings in the VIEW|Folder Options... pull down menu.
Select: show all files.

by espet

First thing I tried was reinstalling the
zip drive. I just tried the view all
files option and it was already set to
it. Thanks for taking a shot.

by fred gordon

An iomega techie provided these suggestions: Disks swaps not being recognized can be caused by several things. It is always important to recommend the latest software. Renaming the disks can be a simple resolution to this problem. By renaming the disks, the operating system has a distinguishable feature for each disk when it is inserted that it can refresh off of. When you insert a disk without a unique label, the operating system can be confused that it is the same disk. Also, using the software eject option of the tools will also help the refresh problem. Sometimes the drives buffer is not cleared that a disk has been ejected unless the software eject is used.

Newest drivers are available at http://www.iomega.com/support/
Its worth a try. Fred

by espet

You were right. Renaming the disks allowed the computer to tell the difference between them and correctly report remaining space on them. Thanks for your help.

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