Product Description: Iomega Zip disks present a fast and economical way to handle the data requirements of today's ever expanding computer applications. This media offers high capacity and high data transfer rate. With more speed and more capacity, the Iomega Zip 750MB disks are the fast and durable media to back up your important data.
1 disk, not 8 The product was advertised with the 8 pack of disks, but there was only 1 disk. The disk was in good working order and the price was fair for a single disk.
Zip 750 Unreliable I've been a Zip disk fan for many years. However, this 750 drive (firewire) and accompanying disks has been terrible. I just had my third disk go currupt in as many months. All data lost. I'm finding another media for daily backups...
Convenient yes, but is it reliable? The zip format is very convenient. I have been using them for years. I used to mail the 100mb disks overseas in just an envelope without a problem. Very reliable.
The 750mb? Not so reliable in my experience. I had a brand-new Zip 750mb disk die on me in the last few weeks. Within a few minutes, it was so badly corrupted that MS Windows could not format or even see the disk. Hardware failure. Gone was my "convenient" back-up. As dead as the disk. And this was not the first one to die on me! (I am talking about the disk, not the drive. Without the disk, the drive is worthless).
So I contacted the Iomega support people. Had to call them, because the website support sucks. Very friendly they were, but they would not replace the disk. Never mind that the disk has a five year warranty. No sir. I had to produce the proof of purchase. Well, the 750mb disk format has not even been out for five years, so that request defies logic. Who keeps the receipt for an cheap disk?
Suffices to say, this is where my 10 year old relationship with Iomega ends. When I back up data, I expect the media to be reliable.
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