Re: Zip Drive

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Mary,

If you zip the files before writing to the CD/DVD they will remain as they were, that is the attributes hold.

I still have my zip disk and it still works but I have to say I don't use it at all. I use CD's and a flash drive all the time. I've created batch files that automatically make a copy of my data files to my flash drive and another one that copies them to my laptop. Another does the same thing over my home network. No need to use "briefcase" this way and I control exactly what gets copied. Works like a charm.

Nearly all the reasons posted in this thread are pretty much right on.

Fred


MaryL wrote:
I do burn all data at the end of the year to DVDs. However, I dislike both CDs and DVDs when I want to transport data from my home computer to my office computer (which I do almost every day) because they reset attributes to read-only, and I have to reset after copying to the other computer -- not a major task, but it's annoying.

MaryL


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It would be less expensive to burn what is on those ZIP disks to CDs or DVDs than to
purchase another ZIP drive. Also, ZIP disks have moveable parts and can fail. CDs and
DVDs do not have any moveable parts.
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When the first zip drives came out there were some computer makers
including them or giving you the option of adding one.

I think it is a shame that these never took off.  I still have one in
my machine and I have one in my niece's machine so we can swap data
between us but not with the rest of the world

I threw away my floppy drives years ago.  I wish that the zip drive
had replaced the floppy for portable reusable media.



I still like Zip drives, too, even though they're now pretty obsolete.
Fortuantely, I never had any problems with them. If you already have lots
of Zip disks, you might want to invest in an external USB Zip drive (now
very inexpensive). Otherwise, look into an external mini hard drive --
surprisingly light and compact, with prices coming down fairly quickly.

MaryL






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