>>You can read about the Zip Clicking Death Syndrome in any one of the Iomega newsgroups.<<
Rocky, all -
I have recently experienced the Clicking Death Syndrome problem myself. But it turned out not to be a problem with the drive, just the individual disk.
I have a Zip disk which I have been using almost every single day to back up my Quicken files. Since I do portfolio tracking, as well as checking, with Quicken, the file does change just about daily. After more than a year of overwriting the same file on the same disk every day, the drive started making the clicking noises that have been described. When I would try to backup the Quicken file, the drive would click several times, then I'd get an error message about write errors.
Interestingly, after I cleared the error message, the backup would usually complete itself.
I decided to just try another disk, and the problem went away. So nothing was wrong with my Zip drive. Since the disks come with a lifetime warranty, I will just have the old one replaced.
Personally, I think the Clicking Death may not be as big a problem as some believe.
- Allen |
