Iomega Zip 100 Disk IBM Formatted (Single Disk)

by Iomega

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00001TZYS
• Item model number: 10020
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank:
  • #12 in Electronics > Accessories & Supplies > Blank Media > Zip Discs
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes
• Date first available at Amazon.com: September 4, 1973

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

Not only is Iomega known for their great storage devices, but they are equally known for their durable media products that help you increase your storage capacity. These disks work with Iomega Zip drives and store up to 100 MB of data per disk. Each disk comes with a five-year limited warranty.

All Zip disks are pre-formatted, protected by a rigid plastic shell, and offer shirt-pocket convenience. Zip disks are durable and can easily shrug off the bangs, bumps and scratches that can ruin CD-R and CD-RW discs. And, because Zip disks are inherently rewritable, users don't have to stock one type of disk for write-once operations and another type for rewritable operations. The same Zip disk does it all with superior rewritable performance and durability.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reliable Storage - But With Limitations, April 27, 2001

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Leslie (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Iomega Zip 100 Disk IBM Formatted (Single Disk) (Electronics)

So far -- for the past five years or so -- I've been able to store lots of files and data on Zip disks without any data corruption or other disintegration of files.

I like the convenience of being able to take a bunch of freelance stuff that I'm working on back and forth from work to home and vice versa -- and being able to put it all on one disk. :)

However, some files are too big to be stored on a 100 MB disk, and a CD-RW would probably be better for larger files.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Terrible, March 20, 2011

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jamesevenson - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Iomega Zip 100 Disk IBM Formatted (Single Disk) (Electronics)

The product arrived in a brown envelope without a return address. One of the plastic containers was broken and the disc was missing. The other three are formatted for IBM compatibles and do not work in our computer. Please credit my VISA $98.94.

The product was not what I wanted. I wanted three iomega zip drive100mb for my pc. I did notwant them formatted for IBM compatibles. I see that I ordered three and one was missing. The plastic case was there but broken open. I will send back the two zip drives in the same 9 1/2 by 121/2 inch envelope they came in but I don't know where to mail them. Please credit my VISA $98.94.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Flexible Data Storage, November 9, 2009

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Acute Observer (By the Shore NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Iomega Zip 100 Disk IBM Formatted (Single Disk) (Electronics)

IOMEGA ZIP 100 Disk

The IOMEGA ZIP 100 disk is a high-capacity removable storage disk that is about the size of a standard 3.5" floppy disk. It can be read and written by an internal IDE drive (only one per system) or an external drive connected to a USB port or a parallel port (slowest in access). The IomegaWare Software provides utility functions designed for the ZIP disk, such as formatting or copying a disk. You should never use the Operating System disk copy function. Use the EJECT utility to remove a disk from a drive; this is required in Windows NT or Windows 2000. Remove the disk before turning a computer off. You should never insert a ZIP disk in the drive when the computer is off as this can cause damage. Normally, shutting down the computer causes the disk to eject. If you lose power, you must disconnect power to the computer, open its cover, and push a straightened paper clip into the Emergency Eject Hole.

The IomegaWare software tests for the presence of the ZIP drive. It should be used in Windows 2000 to format a ZIP disk in the FAT format. Removable disks can contain a lot of data when it can be partitioned into 100 MB segments. The data on a ZIP drive can be read and written by different versions of an Operating System (using the FAT format). Rewriting reuses space, it does not increase the used space. ZIP drives, like floppies, should not be exposed to magnetic fields or high heat (sunshine). The 100 MB ZIP disks can be read and written by a 250 MB disk drive.