[G4] Accessing the Zip Drive.

[Ronald Steinke]

Hold down the mouse button at startup. This will force any ejectable  
media to be ejected.

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On Mar 25, 2008, at 19:28, Doug McNutt <douglist at macnauchtan.com> wrote:

> At 21:45 -0400 3/25/08, Lewis J. Richards, Jr. wrote:
>> I just recently purchased my first MAC computer, a G4 and I have  
>> been  able to find my way around and am very happy with my  
>> purchase,  however, this unit comes with a zip drive and it is the  
>> only thing I  haven't figured out. How do I access the zip drive?  
>> It seems to have  a zip disc in it but I am not able to access or  
>> remove the disc. Can  someone help me with this?
>
> Iomega provided special drivers for its zip drives. Your G4 was  
> probably delivered with OS 9 and The Iomega stuff should have been  
> included with the OS. Macintosh removable media have pretty much  
> always depended on software to perform an eject. If there is a disk  
> inside it should mount and show on the desktop or, if it is a blank  
> or some unrecognized disk it should be ejected by the system. You  
> might have a look inside the case to be sure it's plugged in.
>
> If the machine is running OS 10 because it was upgraded it's  
> possible that the software is missing. The Iomega web site is a  
> place to start.
>
> My G4 still has a Zip drive in it but it got disconnected a couple  
> of years ago to accommodate a third hard drive.
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