If you have a Zip Drive (Usually Iomega) DO NOT USE IT AGAIN!!!!!!!
DO NOT USE IT!!!!!
DO NOT USE IT!!!!
DO NOT USE IT!!!!!
I can't say it any more strongly than that!!!!
Check put
Gibson Research Corporation for more datails, but the short details are:-
Zip drives develope a fault (the click) which damages the Zip Disk - A Damaged Zip Disk damages a (friends) Zip Drive and so on ..........
This is a link to the download page for the diagnostic software "Trouble In Paradise (TIP)" (it won't actually download the softweare, just take you to the page detailing the problem) to test whether you have a Zip drive which has developed (or is developing) Click Of Death sysndrome.