[DuoList] How do I get a file off a 2400c w/ no disk or ZIP drives?

[Roger Gouin]

It's called "Iomega driver." and  there's probably no easy way for 
you to get it on your computer if you can't even get your stuff off.

But the driver is not necessarily needed as long as everything's on 
when you start up. (not restart) If the disk shows up on your 
desktop, OK. If not, you might need to run a repair program over the 
zip disk on another computer first, or use a different disk.

If it doesn't mount, you could try booting up with extensions off 
(shift key down) while everything is hooked up and the disk is in, 
then looking for any application with the words, "disk, mount, or 
scsi" in the name, to mount it.

(make sure the drive is on before you put the zip disk in, and 
sometimes the zip drive needs to be disconnected from power between 
attempts)
And that file that freezes everything up when you click on it? Well 
don't click on it. ;-)


Good luck
Roger


At 8:27 PM -0800 11/3/05, Iman Bhullar wrote:
>Hi Roger,
>
>I looked in the extensions folder for the Iomega
>driver this morning (when all the trouble happened)
>but I couldn't figure out what its name was.
>
>I typed in "iomega" and "zip" (in two separate
>searches) into the "find" function and came up empty
>except for the desktop icon.
>
>Would you happen to know what the iomega driver would
>be called? Maybe the problem is that there's no Iomega
>driver anymore in the extensions folder, but I have no
>idea how that could have happened.
>
>Thanks,
>Iman
>
>--- Roger Gouin <roger at islandnet.com> wrote:
>
> > Maybe this will work.
> > Take the Iomega driver out of the extensions folder
> > and put it in the
> > same folder as the Iomega guest file. Restart. Hook
> > up the Zip, turn
> > it on, put the disk in, then start Iomega guest and
> > you should see it
> > on your desk.
> >
> > Roger
> >
> >
> > At 2:39 PM -0800 11/3/05, Iman Bhullar wrote:
> > >I have my thesis on a 2400c I've had for years. It
> > has
> > >no modem, no disk drive and no CD. There's no way
> > to
> > >get files on or off except through an external ZIP
> > >drive. The zip drive isn't working anymore (just
> > >happened today - why does it always happen when you
> > >need the thing the most?!!). I'm not sure what's
> > >wrong. I click on the "Iomega ZIP drive" icon and
> > the
> > >computer freezes up until I unplug the drive. After
> > I
> > >unplug the drive from the computer, it unfreezes
> > gives
> > >me an error "No Iomega drives available."
> > >
> > >The problem is that I have a 75 page thesis on the
> > >computer that I've finished (well, almost) and I
> > have
> > >to get it off to my professor by tomorrow (it's
> > >already a bit late). I'm thinking of just
> > transcribing
> > >the whole thing from the laptop to one of the
> > >university computers, but that will take all day.
> > >
> > >Any suggestions? I was thinking about trying to
> > >connect it to a printer, but I can't load the
> > printer
> > >drivers onto it (no way to get files on or off).
> > The
> > >only drivers it has are what it came with back in
> > '97
> > >or whatever. Also, I don't have the necessary
> > cable.
> > >All I have is one that connects the SCSI Zip to the
> > >laptop.
> > >
> > >Any suggestions on how I can get the file off
> > without
> > >transcribing it? According to the help menu, it
> > says I
> > >can use my laptop as a SCSI drive - meaning I can
> > >connect it to another computer's SCSI port and
> > >transfer files - but the help menu is utterly
> > >unhelpful in telling you how to go about doing
> > this.
> > >Any ideas?
> > >
> > >The laptop has an infared port. How does that work?
> > Do
> > >they still make laptops with those?
> > >
> > >I think I'm going to have to start transcribing.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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