The system must be running Windows '98 and have a USB controller that conforms to USB specification v1.0 or greater. As soon as Windows 98 finishes coming up the Zip drive will be ready to use.
Select items that you wish to install and click Next to accept the default directory of C:\Program Files\Iomega\Tools. The only item required for the Zip drive to work is the driver and tools. The default items selected are driver and tools, copy machine, 1 step backup for Iomega drives, and record it. Iomega Software dialogue box comes up giving the option to select what items to install.If the Iomegaware setup detects that the USB controller does not meet the v1.1 specification a message will pop up with a warning message not to connect low speed and high speed USB devices on the same controller. Software license agreement screen comes up.Welcome to Iomegaware setup will come up.
Double click CD-ROM icon in My Computer.Insert Iomegaware CD into the CD-ROM drive.Windows 98 ships with drivers for both USB controllers. On Toshiba systems with the NEC USB controller, there will be an NEC PCI to USB Open Host Controller and USB root hub devices listed in device manager under Universal Serial Bus Controller. On the Toshiba systems with the Intel USB controller, there will be an Intel 82371AB/EB PCI to USB Universal host Controller and USB root hub devices listed in device manager under Universal Serial Bus Controller. Note: Make sure the system is running Windows 98 and that the USB port is configured. Perform the following procedure without the Zip drive connected to the system. Total design fail IMO.Installation and configuration of Iomega Portable USB Zip100 drive. the plastic tabs holding them on are tiny.
The only drawback seems to be that the bezels/faceplates break off all the time. They're pretty damn fast (also much faster reading/writing regular 1.44MB disks) and the electronic eject is just cool I still have a "new" Panasonic made LS120 drive double-pack bundle in the original box, complete with an ISA IDE controller (Promise FloppyMAX with its own BIOS) and four (still sealed) disks, as well as several used drives and a diskette box about half full with LS120 disks. LS120 is definitely cool, but kinda useless for transferring "large" files to old laptops and such, unlike those Zip100 drives which were available (and most common?) as parallel port versions, which pretty much all of those old laptops have. If you are serious about using these old kinds of removables, I would recommend LS120 "SuperDisks", M-O Drives (e.g bernoulli disks), or Jaz disks…I've had one Zip drive die with the click of death just last week Not fun. Finkmacunix wrote:Careful, you never know when the "click of death" will strike…