Thanks in advance for any info/advice you guys can share. I might be tempted to buy that machine if I wasn't worried the only thing in the PC case was a burnt out motherboard and broken CPU. But what it didn't have was a description, other than a statement that the seller didn't accept returns. I actually looked at some vintage PCs on eBay and saw a 486 clone that from the pictures not only had a parallel port, but appeared to have an internal Zip Drive for $450 with shipping. Does anyone know if a USB Zip drive will work with Windows 10? I am willing to spend that much, but I am concerned there will be driver and/or Windows 10 issues. There are USB Zip Drives available on eBay for between $16 and $60. I am not sure if the drive I have still works, but as I don't have a PC with a parallel port, it doesn't really matter. But since I haven't accessed any of these disks in well over 20 years, there are limits to how much I am willing to spend. I would like to find something that will let me read those disks because there may be pictures or other files I would like to have. There were probably backups of my 486 PC and files I moved to a zip disk to make room on my 420 MB HD. I know, imagine a disk that could store a whole 100 MB!!! I don't remember exactly what is stored on those disks. There were also a number of 100 MB zip disks. In those boxes was a Zip Drive (parallel port version) I had purchased in or around 1996. 0 Release Date: File Size: 3.08M Supported OS: Windows 10 64 bit, Windows 8.1 64bit, Windows 7 64bit, Windows Vista 64bit. Find someone with IT experience to get your solution going if you don't follow mine, but mine is simple.My family recently sold the house I grew up in requiring me to remove a number of boxes that I had stored there. It would probably have worked on Windows 10 as well, but my Windows 10 desktop does not have an EIDE connector so I was forced to acquire the adapter spoken of. This page has a lot of drivers for the USB Zip drives, and I tried one of them on a Windows 98 Second Edition retrobox and it worked with the ATAPI Zip 250 connected directly to the motherboard's EIDE connector (no adapter required). Support is included for Zip, Jaz, and PocketZip products. No software 'should' be required as the PCI-to-EIDE adapter will operate the ATAPI Zip drive from the auspices of its own SCSI driver. IomegaWare provides integrated features that will help you find, format, protect, manage, and change settings on your Iomega drives. Once you get that hooked up in Windows you will have access to your drive and Zip disks without any additional software. I got mine locally from a local used computer parts dealer: Purchase an ATAPI Zip 250 drive from a junk peddler on eBay. Purchase a PCI (or PCIe)-to-EIDE adapter for desktop computers. I also learned from this forum that there are no driver updates beyond Windows XP. Just plugging in the USB cable activates the drive. I was able to just plug in my Iomega 250 Zip Drive and download my date. I did learn through a forum that driver software is not required for the USB supported Zip Drives. I would advise anyone against subscribing to Driver Navigator. I will have to go to PayPal and get them to arbitrate. Versions are: Windows - Version 2.8 Mac - Version 2.8 Linux - Version 1.0 Please note The disk contains two different file systems as its a direct copy of the original disk. Seems to contain drivers for the ZIP 250 USB drive. I have told them why I do not wish to continue use of their software and they keep trying to get me to keep it. Iomega IomegaWare disk, Came with a Iomega ZIP 250 USB Drive. Driver Navigator is continuing to try to get me to keep the software and is not wanting to refund my money, even though they state a 60 day 100 percent refund if not satisfied. One of these items ships sooner than the other. Nice2MiTu 3.5' USB External Floppy Disk Drive Portable 1.44 MB FDD USB Drive Plug and Play for PC Windows 10 7 8 XP Vista Mac Black (1P) 1779. Driver Navigator refunded my money immediately, without question. This item: Iomega Zip 100 Portable USB Drive (PC/Mac) 27900. After subscribing to Driver Navigator and Driver Update, I learned this was not true. I've bought a cable that converts from parallel to usb.what am i doing wrong. It gave the appearance that they could provide Iomega Zip Drive support. I'm running vista on my computer and I'm trying to install my older version of a Iomega zip drive with a parallel port but I cant get it to work therefore I dont have the right driver. I went to the referenced address and found several companies offering help with downloading drivers.
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