Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Non-Tech : Iomega Thread without Iomega -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Cogito who wrote (2374)	10/19/1998 11:30:00 PM
From: Craig Richards	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 10072

Allen, If it is possible to format a Zip disk as a complete system boot disk, then why have some made such a big deal of the Norton recovery disk program? Is the Windows '9x formatting a single step operation, or do you have to install Windows directly onto the Zip disk? Can this be done with the format command from a DOS prompt, or is there a GUI way of doing this? I'm a computer nerd, too, but I wasn't aware that this was possible to do in a user friendly manner, and the comments about the Norton recovery disk have colored my assumptions. Also, why doesn't Iomega make a bigger deal of this capability? This is one area where the Zip has a big advantage over other media, they should make it easy to do and also make sure everyone knows it can be done as well as how to do it. Craig