Zip drives - Did I miss something

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From: danpayer (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 07/20/04 

Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 02:11:41 -0700

I want to install Partition Magic on this big hard drive
but before I do I know I need to backup. I thought I could
use my parallel port Zip drive.

As I started shuffling files around getting things ready
Windows Explorer began crashing with regularity. I
installed the Iomegaware with the parallel port upgrade
just to be sure. This didn't help. Everytime I moved a
file Windows Explorer crashed.

Sort of cancels the plan to use the Zip for backup.

Did I goof, or miss the announcement, or is WinXP and Zip
drives just incompatible? Guess I better not pull out
that old Ditto drive....
dan

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