Windows

Sounds like your BIOS has disabled plug & PLay detection. I think it is called Extended Memory Services or soomething similar.
Check with the Manufacturer of your PC's mobo or last BIOS update.

This might not help- you probably already tried it but I had a problem simlar to that only on Windows 98- it didnt see it when i restarted the computer so what i did was installed it the cd rom. and it installed it great.

Have you installed IomegaWare yet?

I think that dmartin's idea of swapping the cdrom for the zipp drive may be a sensible thing to try.

I am just waiting for some new IDE cables before I try that as the current one's are a little tight.

As soon as they arrive I'll swap things around and see if that fixes it.
I have found out that maybe the highpoint raid array doesn't officially support zip drives????

Martin

I have seen this in an over loaded system too.
DVD, CDRW, ZIP, 2 HD's etc. (the list went quite long)
When I removed all but the CROM and ZIP which were masters on separate cables, it came to life.
Adding the rest of the devices afterwards was noproblem, but I've heard ZIPs are fussy when not used as the Master on its own ribbon first.
At this point, I'm sure you've tried almost everything though.
Just food for thought, good luck!
HS

Last shot from me I think.

I assume you have, but will remind you anyway.

As I'm sure you know,some devices just don't work with win2K. In the case of your HD I don't think this is an issue, but...I assume you've been to the vendor site and asked about Win2K installation and drivers.

Also, try installing it as a master on its own ribbon (if there's room). Unplug anything else on the ribbon and see if it will work as a master on its own ribbon. Then add other devices and see if the problem replicates, possible on another device. Sometimes it's just the order that Windows sees things, assigns interrupts etc.