can you read OLD zip disks from the original zip drive bought in the 90"s?
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yes, I did, as long as the data on the disk can be read by the program you open it with.
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Kind of, I bought one to read old files from the 80's - 90's. It took some time for Windows 7 to recognize the device. I can't remember how but I know I had to load the drivers manually from a web site that a private owner had, not Iomega. They use to say that those files would last for 30-35 years if stored correctly. I think they were stretching the truth a little. I stored them in a dark, dry and cool space. I had a number of labeled disc where nothing showed up when I tried to download them. Hundreds of photos lost forever. Very disappointing. Good luck.
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That's interesting. I just kept mine in a box, but that was fortunate because when the new drive failed they were able to retrieve my data (again) from my original drive. I would think a computer place that does repairs could help you.Sounds like a great idea, good luck.
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It reads the smaller harder plastic discs, not the larger floppy disk. Hope that helps.
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Sorr y my first answer was not complete. You can down load software for wd and seagate drives that will recognize and format them.
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No, use your manufacture drive tool , third party software or simply reformat existing drive
807854
This decice should do the trick for you, as long as the old hard drive is not damaged
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My box is a dual boot -- Win 98 and Win XP. For compatibility reasons, all drives are FAT 32 and I can access the FAT 32 data.
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Assuming the hard drive is functional, yes. I just used it to retrieve old data for a relative.
789130
Sorry...I have no idea. I've been using mine to read hard drives from old computers.
980277
yes, you can plug a new or unformatted HDD in and (re)format it to your specs
1080762
I don't know if you can. If you've had it for some time and it died then it may not be worth trying. Mine died at about the 1 1/2 year point I think it was. I went out and bought another one. My only though is perhaps to hook it up to a regular computer, see if it recognizes the drive and play around from there. I would be hesitant to use it for too long if you can manage to reform it. When it does you get little warning and you lose all the recordings on it.
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It worked quite well for me. I was pleased to be able to access some very old files.
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I don't have one of those discs, but I'm sure it will read it, just as if it were an internal disc drive.
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Yes--but you will need to use Disk Utility to reformat it. Takes just a couple of minutes.
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I'm honestly not sure, as I immediately formatted the drive when I got it. Sorry!
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Definitely! I have the same hard drive and i got it from my old pc too. It'll work.
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I had a small box of floppy discs that I wanted to see the contents, but the drive did not work with them. It would keep indicating that the was not formatted. Not being a computer expert, I just gave up and destroyed the floppies.