Re: Zip click-death Update

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:

>     This appears to mean that any Zip disk which is low-level formatted
>(takes about 9 minutes) on a GS is at risk for causing the Click of
>Death because the Zero Track is not handled correctly. If this is true,
>then it is okay to partition Zip disks (takes about 30 seconds); but,
>they should not be reformatted on anything but a machine which can run
>the Iomega Disk Utilities.

I low level format practically all of my Zip disks (hand me downs from
a PC user) and doing this has never given me a problem.

I think Iomega is lying to avoid the hardware problem in its drives...
I am just glad that the tower case holding my GS is well shielded.