Iomega 31234 Zip 100 MB USB Starter Kit

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Summary: Good value but...
Review: I had to come into the 21st century and use a backup better than the old 1.44 floppy drive. I bought the Iomega 100 mb zip and it is an improvement, however I am always having to reinstall it because it seems to disappear. It is always wanting me to install a storage device driver everytime I boot. There has to be a better backup drive out there. I thought Iomega was the leader in the field, but I guess they are like HP and put out junk too.

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Summary: Where did it go?
Review: I had to come into the 21st century and use a backup better than the old 1.44 floppy drive. I bought the Iomega 100 mb zip and it is an improvement, however I am always having to reinstall it because it seems to disappear. It is always wanting me to install a storage device driver everytime I boot. There has to be a better backup drive out there. I thought Iomega was the leader in the field, but I guess they are like HP and put out junk too.

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Summary: Iomega 100MB zip drive.
Review: I'm very happy with the ability to trasport large amounts of data back and forth on a rewritable disk. This is especially helpfull since my school has zip drives on all thier computers so all I need is one disk to take every thing to and from the computer lab.

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Summary: Offers tremendous flexibility and simplicity for big files.
Review: In my work I deal with a lot of sizable files--25-30 megabytes is common. These don't do well on my lap top. My solution has been to use the Iomega 31234 Zip 100 MB USB Starter Kit by Iomega.

While my company and my customers use a wide array of computers, virtually all have USB ports. This compact, lightweight device is easy to carry, easy to install and, based on my experience, apparently indestructible.

The kit also comes with 6 multi colored, rewritable disks. That's 600 MB of storage, which is a lot more than usually comes with these devices. Moreover, the color disks are nice as I can color code disks to companies I'm visiting and quickly and easily get the one I want, get things set up and get rolling.

The other thing I like about this system is that the way these devices work, you can use a 100 MB disk on a 250 MB disk drive, but not vice-versa. I have a 250 in my PC and do my heavy work on that and download the specific files I need to the 100MB disks for road warrior duty.

So, all in all what you get is a very easy, reliable and flexible system that you can use virtually anywhere.

So, get this puppy, clean up your hard drive and get more productive!

Rating:
Summary: Offers tremendous flexibility and simplicity for big files.
Review: In my work I deal with a lot of sizable files--25-30 megabytes is common. These don't do well on my lap top. My solution has been to use the Iomega 31234 Zip 100 MB USB Starter Kit by Iomega.

While my company and my customers use a wide array of computers, virtually all have USB ports. This compact, lightweight device is easy to carry, easy to install and, based on my experience, apparently indestructible.

The kit also comes with 6 multi colored, rewritable disks. That's 600 MB of storage, which is a lot more than usually comes with these devices. Moreover, the color disks are nice as I can color code disks to companies I'm visiting and quickly and easily get the one I want, get things set up and get rolling.

The other thing I like about this system is that the way these devices work, you can use a 100 MB disk on a 250 MB disk drive, but not vice-versa. I have a 250 in my PC and do my heavy work on that and download the specific files I need to the 100MB disks for road warrior duty.

So, all in all what you get is a very easy, reliable and flexible system that you can use virtually anywhere.

So, get this puppy, clean up your hard drive and get more productive!

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Summary: Good value but...
Review: The USB version is great step up from the old parallel version. Faster and self-powered. No more dragging round that horrible thick cable or external mains unit BUT build quality is [poor]. The unit is cheaply made, rattles and the USB port is obviously soldered to a [unsatisfactory]PCB that is poorly secured in the pastic shell. BAD quality throughout on the hardware front I fear. However, it works, the discs are robust and I guess in a few years you can chuck the drive and buy another. It's pretty much a disposable price now anyway. At 100MB though you may be better off buying a USB hard disc dongle like the Disgo. A really good 128 MB storage and very strong. ZIP discs have a place but a 100 MEG is probably on the last few years of life. Guess that Iomega know this and that's why they have released such a cheaply made unit.