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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Cogito who wrote (39291)	12/10/1997 9:28:00 PM
From: FuzzFace	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 58324

Allen, re Nomai tests. Why not do it in phases. Say Nomai sends you N XHD disks. Scrounge up N Zip disks. Phase 1: One small read/write test per disk, per drive to be sure all disks work in all drives. Phase 2: Beat the heck out of one sacrificial drive (the fastest interface) by doing the following trial, once for each disk. Each trial consists of a number (e.g. 9) of copy/copy-back/delete sequences of 90 MB of data, followed by a final copy. First, run the trial for each Zip disk to prove the drive is OK and that Zip disks don't cause any damage. Then run the trial for each XHD disk. After each trial, assuming no hardware or media failures have occured, compare the final copy of the data to the original. I leave the details in your capable hands. It's a lot of work, even with a scripting language. Whatever methodology you settle on, TIA for taking the time and risking your Zip drives. Even if Nomai passes, consider the possibility that if there is any way to make a "sweet" batch of disks, I'm sure Nomai has, specifically to be sent out for such testing. Still, the reflector and the software encoded on the disk seem the best line of defense. The media can't be that hard to make, or the margins wouldn't be so obscene.