>>> On 1/9/2012 at 4:07 PM, l duynslager <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi a user from another dept. contacted me about a 100 mb ZIP disk he wants
> to recover files from. The files contained are genetic sequences. I've got
> a little experience with that equipment, so I tried seeing if a 250 mb USB
> ZIP drive would recognize the disk it wont. He says windows asks if the
> disk should be initialized as it doesn't see it as formatted. I saw the
> same thing happening when I tried.
>
> From what I understand head misalignment in those drives was a problem
> inserting your zip disk in one drive after another.
>
> I tried using get data back and all of the other data recovery techniques I
> know with a USB 250 drive which is all I have. Get data back could not
> recover anything.
>
> Has anybody out there dealt with similar problems? Any suggestions other
> than sending the disk to Iomega Data Recovery.
I think you need to read it with a Zip 100 drive. I don't think I have any of those anymore, but I'll look in the graveyard.
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Kim Geiger
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