File corruption when saving to zip disk

[TripleJ]

Saving to my zip disk is a real bitch. If I save, say, an AutoCAD file to it, it takes a couple of minutes for it to stop doing whatever it is doing. It flashes its light intermitantly for 3 or 4 minutes, sometimes for so long that I couldn't be bothered trying and just pull the disk out. Reinstalling the drivers helps a little. Sometimes, if I save the AutoCAD file without a backup file, it goes OK, but when I save a backup it f*%$s up. This is annoying and wierd. I'm at the end of my tether with this thing!
I've got the latest drivers and use 98SE.

 

[Ladi]

Parallel, SCSI, USB, or ATAPI/IDE zip drive? 100 or 250 (drive and media)?

New disks? Non-defective disks?

Getting a clicking noise from the drive?

Run diagnostics?

Only large files having issues, or small and large?

~Ladi

 

[TripleJ]

Thanks for your advice Ladi. Sorry, its an ATAPI/IDE 100MB zip drive (and 100MB media). They are both new Iomega manufactured products. Not getting a clicking noise. Ran the diagnostics and it created some .chk files (the stuffed up bit on the disk) These were from a zip file on the zip disk (confusing) I edited and it did't save it properly. I lost the entire file!(5MB) Do you know how I could recover any of the info from the zip file? I have saved files of around 600KB+ which have stuffed up.