I have been feeling pretty safe these last few months. I have a removable
HD for weekly backups and a 250MB ZIP drive for daily backups using a xcopy
and xcopy32 BAT file with a /D switch set for the last week.

That was until last night when I got the Click of Death.

I soon found my ZIP had gone crazy, and needed the power turning off to
stop it. Then I found I could not read data from the ZIP drive.

http://grc.com/clickdeath.htm

soon brought me up to speed on what the problem is.

What is the old saying about hubris before a fall?


So it seems Iomega ZIP drives are unreliable for "100%" backup protection.
No wonder they are getting a Class Action law suit.

Anyone who relies on ZIP disk backup protection should read the above URL.

regards,

Peter Crowcroft
                    DIY Electronics (HK) Ltd
                PO Box 88458, Sham Shui Po, Hong Kong
Voice: 852-2720 0255   Fax: 852-2725 0610    Web:  http://kitsrus.com
   Email: peter@kitsrus.com          Email:diykit@pacific.net.hk

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