Think I might have heard of this problem before.
Quick question - you say the zip drive has its own power supply...
Does this failure to boot only occur when the zip drive is connected to the parallel port and powered up?
If so, can you start the boot process with the zip drive connected but powered off, then power up the zip drive just after the POST checks and just before Windows starts to load? This way you'll get the drivers loaded.
I know this wouldn't be an ideal solution but if it works it'll help locate the problem.
Last edited by stagger; 2nd April 2002 at 20:45.