Bye Bye Zip files :(

[chipy]

hey guys

i've hit another wall again. I have an Iomega Zip100 drive & disk. One of my disks is weird. I've had it for a while and it has been working fine until recently. I have several files on the zip disk but I can only see one file. The one file I can see is only about 1MB. I know the other files haven't been deleted because in the left hand pane of Windows Explorer it says the total disk space used is 81.8MB and 13.9MB free. I tried Tools --> Folder Options --> View --> "Show hidden files and folders." It didn't work. Does anyone know how I can make my computer "see" the files again?

I am running Windows 2000 and I do have Iomega's Zip drive drivers installed (it's acutally a driver and program combo).

Thanks,
Chipy

 

[UtahJ]

I'm not sure how to gain access to your missing files,
but you may want to download and run the free
program you can find here. It tests your zip drive to
verify that it is still writing/reading valid data.

http://www.grc.com/tip/clickdeath.htm

 

[chipy]

Utahj,

Thanks for the tip... I tried out the app and it did confirm my suspicion that it was the disk and not the drive. Though I still can't get back the data on the disk, I'm one step closer to solving my problem.

Thanks!!
Chipy