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Iomega 31713 Zip 100 USB Powered Value Series Drive

Iomega 31713 Zip 100 USB Powered Value Series Drive

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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: From a prince to a frog.
Review: (I'm dropping my rating back to 2 stars. I keep asking the Omega people for an address and repair order number. Once again they insist that all I need is a power supply, which they will be glad to ship me.)

(I feel compelled to raise my rating to 3 stars even though my unit is completely dead after a single use. The rating is for the responsiveness and good intentions of the Iomega people. Their response was practically immediate, and after another complaint from me they promised to make things right with a replacement. Yesterday, I received from them in the mail a new power supply. One small problem: this zip drive receives its power from the USB port. Either the folks at Iomega are careless readers or they don't know their own product line. At least they try. And for most students these days, that's good enough for a "B".)

Light, convenient, and it worked great with my iMac the first time. Then I tossed it in my book bag for home use. It apparently didn't survive the trip because it hasn't worked since. This is one frog I'm kissing goodbye.

Iomega was overly helpful, providing all sorts of "solutions" relating to conflicting extensions, missing drivers, insecure connections. The thing is dead, I tell you, and I just want to know where to send it for replacement or repair. It's curious Iomega would put tiny rubber "feet" on this gadget, suggesting you might use it in a vertical position. It's made of such lightweight plastic that the slightest bump of your table or desk would be suffiient to knock it over.

Actually, given the price of zip disks, you might do better investing in a CD burner for your storage needs. But if Zips are your thing, I'd recommend the heavier duty, more expensive Iomega zip drive--either that, or treat this prince/frog as a delicate, fragile piece in your glass menagerie.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Disgusted
Review: Could never get my zip 100 to work. Reloaded software, contacted Iomega, downloaded new software, and still could not get tried several) 100 MB discs to accept more than 3 MB of data.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Excelente pieza!
Review: Excelente funcionamiento, compatibilidad con WINDOWS ME; sólo una cuestión que reseñar desfavorable, suena bastante el aparatito este! pero funciona de maravilla!!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I agree
Review: I agree with the other people writting reviews. Whoever said that iomega had the worst packaging choice, I agrre with them. It took me 15 minutes to get into the packaging without harming the drive. Oh well, after that it was no problem. I have to dell desktops. It worked just fine (as expected). It is however extremely noisy. Sounds like it's trying to [hurt]your disk, but dont worry, it wont. Ok thats all..

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Nice addition for laptop, but....
Review: I bought this for my IBM laptop because I needed an easily portable storage device. I have one interchangeable bay on the laptop that is currently occupied by a DVD and did not want to swap it out with the floppy drive whenever I needed to store something on a disk. I already had a number of zip disks and a zip drive on my desktop on hand and did not want to reinvest in the microdrives and adapters from IBM or the pocketzip even though they have the advantages of more memory (340 MB to 1 GB) and smaller size. It is easy to carry in my bag and does not need a separte power source. However, it feels flimsy, and I am worried that one good hit or fall will render it useless. I realize that a fall or one good hit will also do in my laptop. I also worry about the longevity of the device because of its flimsy feel. My current zip drive has been operating flawlessly for 5 years, and I can only hope that this will last just as long.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Do not buy
Review: I could never get the device to work. Technical support was no help. It still does not work and I wasted my money. Not a very good value

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: excellent gadget
Review: I use an internal at home and needed something for my work laptop to transfer my files. This thing works great...still haven't had any problems and I've had a LOT of headaches with both my internal zip drives.

This is easy to plug in and use. My only complaint is the fact that it spits out the disk, LITERALLY!! Yeah, it makes some noise but it is tolerable if the device works as it should. Other than that, it's great! I may end up getting one of these to replace my internal at home that just died.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Works great and a great price, too.
Review: I use this product on an iMac and it works great. Data transfer is fairly quick (it is a little noisy while its working, however, but not so much that its a problem). Its slim and doesn't take up much space, and I like that my computer's USB port is the drive's power source - no worry about finding an extra outlet to plug it in to. This product is an economical way to back up your hard drive.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Works great and a great price, too.
Review: I use this product on an iMac and it works great. Data transfer is fairly quick (it is a little noisy while its working, however, but not so much that its a problem). Its slim and doesn't take up much space, and I like that my computer's USB port is the drive's power source - no worry about finding an extra outlet to plug it in to. This product is an economical way to back up your hard drive.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: nice zip drive
Review: I was pleased with this purchase. It came quickly, looks good, installed quickly, I have had no problems with it and the price was very competitive.


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