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To: thecow who wrote (12333)	10/6/2000 3:20:56 PM
From: mr.mark	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110603

hi tc i always like to remind people whenever i see trouble in paradise mentioned, that some iomega techs will tell you that the gibson utility actually causes problems with disks and drives. #reply-13988391 i stopped using it myself. :) mark

To: thecow who wrote (12333)	10/6/2000 3:29:27 PM
From: Gottfried	Respond to of 110603

tc, thanks for the link. I went there out of curiosity. The only calendar date visible was a 1998 copyright notice. The CoD problem used to be talked about often, but I understand Iomega has much improved their drives' susceptibility to it and has also improved their own response to customer problems. Since my USB Zip is a year old and has no problems I cannot fix by rebooting, I will leave well enough alone. It is, however, a good idea to have TWO backup Zip disks for data you cannot afford to lose. PS: In my experience Zip disks are MUCH more reliable than 1.44MB floppies. Gottfried