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Lionel Issen
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Al Taglavore" <altag@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 9:41 AM
Subject: Iomega Zip Drive
> Subject: Windows XP and Iomega
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> I sent Lionel's post to a PC User Group I belong to, and got this
> reply:
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> Al ..... that is an odd piece of info. I have recently installed two
> external USB ZIP drives on XP machines. Both seem to work fine
> with whatever software was in the Iomega box. These were brand
> new XP machines, not upgrades. Also, I just checked the Iomega
> site and they specifically list that ...-31.exe software as XP
> compatible. *** the site is a bit in error.first some background. I got a
new mother board because my bios could not be upgraded to accept XP. Iomega
was working after the change. Next I downloaded and installed
"ioware-w32-x86-31.exe" because the site said it was the upgrade for XP. I
had to boot up in safe mode and remove "ioware-w32-x86-31.exe" because I
couldn't boot up normally. I was getting 2 error messages that said it
couldn't find the zip drive and couldn't find the files. Tech support at
Iomega was very good. The first thing they told me was that my problems were
due to "ioware-w32-x86-31.exe" and that Iomega does not have a win XP
version of therisoftware. Apparently if you have existing software for the
zipdrive installed, XP will recognized it. But if you have removed the
software you can't reinstall it because XP then wont reconize it (sounds
weird but its true). Tech support got rid of the error messages and enable
my computer to recognize the zip drive. At present I can only use it as a
large floppy. Re "ioware-w32-x86-31.exe" don't believe everything you read
on the internet even if it should be true. The USB zip drives may work a
bit differently. Your commentor from the PC users group should contact
Iomega tech support by telephone. I am only relating my experience and what
I was told by Iomega.
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> Maybe there is some other problem. Please let me know if
> something else about this pops up on that list.
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> Lionel Issen wrote:
> Subject: Zipdrive update
> Date sent: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 21:23:34 -0600
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> If you are updating to XP do not download ioware-w32-x86-31.exe
> from the iomega web site. This program will mess up your
> computer. Your zip drive should run with the old software, but if you
> remove it you can't reinstall it as it is not recognized by XP
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> Iomega, at this time does NOT have an XP version of the software.
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