drive TM atapi User's Guide · · · · · Getting the Most out of Your Zip Drive Operating Your Zip Drive Zip Tips Iomega Tools Software Special Information for Windows NT , Windows 95, and Windows /DOS ® ® 1 00 Table of Contents Getting the Most Out of Your Zip Drive .......................... 1 Operating Your Zip Drive ................................................. 3 Zip Tips ............................................................................ 4 Iomega Tools Software ...................................................... 5 Special Information for Windows NT Users ..................... 6 Special Information for Windows 95 Users ....................... 9 Special Information for Windows/DOS Users ................ 11 Welcome to Zip Drive! Getting the Most Out of Your Zip Drive! Your Zip drive gives you high capacity, high performance storage. It's like having a hard disk upgrade, mobile storage, and a backup drive all in one easy solution. With your Zip drive you can: Expand your computer storage ­ 100MB at a time ... Move your work to different locations and computers (if they also have Zip drives) ... Back up your hard disk or any other disk drive on your system quickly and easily ... Create a multimedia library ... Store large scanned or downloaded files ... Organize large amounts of information ... Take work home or on the road ... Design and demo multimedia presentations ... Use one disk per account, project, or client ... Protect sensitive information ... Archive old files and e-mail messages ... Share large files with co-workers, clients, friends, and service bureaus ... Keep financial and business records safe and secure ... Give your kids disks for school work and other stuff ... Save absolutely anything you don't want to throw away ... Collect stuff from online services without filling up your hard drive ... Store and run all your games ... 1 Here's how to get the most from your Zip drive ... 1 Extend Your Hard Disk (hard disk upgrade alternative) Are you constantly running out of hard disk space? Your Zip drive and disks give you increased storage and easy access to all your information with hard-disk-like performance. 2 Move Information Do you need to move large amounts of information between different work locations? Between home and work? To and from clients? Your Zip disks offer complete mobility and can be moved and used anywhere you have another Zip drive. Zip disks fit in a shirt pocket, and can be easily shipped anywhere. 3 Back Up Your Hard Drive Your Zip drive makes backups fast and simple. You don't need special backup software ­ just copy critical files to a Zip disk. Copying is fast, and you end up with an exact duplicate of your original files. If you need to restore a file, simply copy it back to your hard drive, or just access it directly from the Zip drive. 4 Create a Multimedia Library - Images, Sounds, and Video Because of their high capacity, removability, and random access, Zip disks are ideal for storage-hungry image, sound, and video files. Clips can come from a variety of sources, including scanners, CD-ROMs, and video input devices. You can create and store multimedia presentations and demonstrations, including video, that you can replay directly from the Zip disk. 5 Archive Your Important Records Do you need to keep files for a number of years? Archive your valuable files on a Zip disk and store them in a safe place. Whenever you need them, you can access them quickly. 6 Get Organized If you work on many different projects or with many different clients, try segmenting your work onto different disks. You can organize your information by project, client, date, or whatever. Zip disks give you the capacity to get all associated files onto a single disk. Then, switching between projects and customers is as simple as inserting another Zip disk. 7 Secure Sensitive Files To keep sensitive or confidential information safe, store it on a Zip disk and use your Zip Tools software to assign a password that must be used in order to read from or write to the disk. You can protect sensitive information such as personnel files, company directories, product plans and designs, tax records, budgets, and computerized checkbooks. 2 Operating Your Zip Drive Use your Zip drive just like any other drive on your system. To access the Zip drive, insert a disk and select the Zip disk icon or drive letter. Store and copy files to and from the Zip drive using the same methods you use for other drives on your system. Using Zip Drive Disk Eject Button / Green Busy Light (Flashes when drive is transferring data or when inserting or ejecting a disk) Inserting and Removing Zip Disks Insert Gently! ® Disk Inserted To o ls Eject Button / Green Busy Light Always turn on power to the computer before inserting a Zip disk. When you insert a Zip disk, the drive busy light will flash momentarily and go out. (If the light continues to blink slowly, push the disk eject button to eject the Zip disk, then reinsert it.) When you remove the Zip disk from the drive, store it in the protective case. It is not necessary to remove the Zip disk from the drive when you shut down your computer; however, if you desire to remove the Zip disk, do so before turning off power to your computer. CAUTION Never force a disk into or out of the Zip drive. Handling Zip Disks Always store Zip disks in their protective cases when they are not inserted in your Zip drive. 3 Drive Sleep The Zip drive has an automatic sleep mode designed to reduce power consumption and prolong the life of Zip disks. Sleep mode automatically spins down a disk after 15 minutes of inactivity, and the disk automatically spins up again when accessed. You can change the sleep mode time using your Iomega Tools software. Disk Eject in Case of Power Loss The computer must be powered on for normal disk ejection from the Zip drive. If you must remove a Zip disk from the drive during a power failure, access the rear of the Zip drive and push a straightened paper clip into the emergency eject hole which is located just above the power connector (see illustration below). CAUTION Disconnect power from the computer before using the emergency disk eject hole. Do not try to forcibly remove a Zip disk from the drive. If the disk does not eject immediately, repeat the emergency disk eject procedure as described above. Emergency Eject Hole Zip Tips · · · · · Always turn on power to your computer before inserting a Zip disk. Never force a Zip disk into or out of the drive. Never use ordinary 3.5" diskettes or floppy head-cleaning disks in your Zip drive. They will damage your drive. It is a good idea to return the Zip disk to its case when not in use. Avoid exposing Zip disks to direct sunlight, high temperature, moisture, and magnetic fields. WARNING Do not use ordinary 3.5 inch floppy head cleaning diskettes or data diskettes. They will damage your Zip drive. 4 Iomega Tools Software The 100MB Zip "tools" disk contains a complete package of software tools designed to help you take advantage of all the features of your Zip drive. If Iomega Tools are not already set up on your computer, you need to install them using the instructions in the "Special Information" section for your operating system. For information on using the software, refer to the help files installed on your hard disk in the Iomega Tools folder or program group. IMPORTANT: The 100MB "tools" disk included with your Zip drive contains files needed for installing or reinstalling your Tools software. Avoid deleting the installation files for your system. Using Zip Drive Read/Write Protecting Zip Disks Your Tools software includes a special read/write protect feature that lets you: · · · Write Protect a Zip disk through software instead of with a mechanical write protect switch. Write Protect a Zip disk and assign a password that must be used to remove the write protect. Read Protect a Zip disk so that it cannot be read from, or written to, unless the user enters the password you assign. For information on using read/write protect, refer to the Tools help file. 5 Special Information for Windows NT Users How to Install or Reinstall Iomega Software IMPORTANT! You must have administrator privileges for your local computer in order to install software drivers under Windows NT. You must also have administrator privileges for your computer to run the ToolsNT utilities. To install your Iomega software, insert the 100MB "tools" disk that came with your system into the Zip drive, and insert the Iomega Install diskette for Windows NT into the computer's floppy drive. You may need to run SetupNT.exe twice from the Install diskette ­ once to install the Iomega Zip IDE /ATAPI driver, the second time to install ToolsNT software. Reinstalling Windows NT: If you reinstall Windows NT, you must also reinstall the Iomega ATAPI driver and ToolsNT software. If you do not reinstall the Iomega software, disks will not format correctly in your Zip drive and/or the Zip drive will appear as a floppy drive (b:). Installing Iomega Software under Windows NT 4.0: 1. Run a:\setupnt.exe from the Windows NT Install diskette. · If the SetupNT program is unable to locate the "tools" disk, make sure it is fully inserted and click "OK." If SetupNT is still unable to locate the "tools" disk, click "OK" again and SetupNT will automatically open the "SCSI Adapters" Control Panel so that you can install the Iomega Zip IDE/ATAPI driver.** Continue to step 2. **NOTE: Windows NT installs drives or adapters that use the IDE interface as SCSI adapters. · If the necessary driver is already present on the system, SetupNT will be able to locate the "tools" disk and install ToolsNT software. After Windows NT reboots, the Zip ATAPI drive will be ready to use. 2. 3. 4. Select the "Drivers" tab and click the "Add" button. When the list of Iomega adapters appears, double-click the Iomega Zip IDE /ATAPI driver. Choose "Current" in the Windows NT dialog box. Windows NT will then add the Zip ATAPI driver to the list of installed drivers found on your system. At the next Windows NT dialog box, select "Yes" to reboot the system. Remove the Install diskette from the floppy drive while Windows NT reboots. 5. 6 6. After Windows NT reboots, run SetupNT again from the Install diskette to install the ToolsNT software package. IMPORTANT! If the SetupNT program still cannot locate the "tools" disk, refer to the NTReadme.txt file on the Install diskette for instructions on manually installing the driver. Installing Iomega Software under Windows NT 3.51: 1. Run a:\setupnt.exe from the Windows NT Install diskette. · If the SetupNT program is unable to locate the "tools" disk, make sure it is fully inserted and click "OK." If SetupNT is still unable to locate the "tools" disk, click "OK" again and SetupNT will automatically run the "Windows NT Setup" program so that you can install the Iomega Zip IDE/ATAPI driver. Continue to step 2. Info for Win NT · If the necessary driver is already present on the system, SetupNT will be able to locate the "tools" disk and install ToolsNT software. After Windows NT reboots, the Zip ATAPI drive will be ready to use. 2. From the Windows NT Setup window, choose the Options pulldown menu and select "Add/Remove SCSI adapters." NOTE: Windows NT installs drives or adapters that use the IDE interface as SCSI adapters. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. When the list of adapters appears, click "Add," then click "OK" in the message box. Click the down arrow next to the window for "Select SCSI Adapter Option" to open the adapter list. Scroll down the list of adapters and select the Iomega Zip IDE / ATAPI driver. Click the "Install" button. Choose "Current" in the Windows NT dialog box. Windows NT will then add the necessary driver to the list of installed adapters found by the operating system. Click the button for "Close" and exit Windows NT Setup. Click "OK" and reboot the system. Remove the Install diskette from the floppy drive while Windows NT reboots. 8. 9. 10. After Windows NT reboots, run SetupNT again from the Install diskette to install the ToolsNT software package. IMPORTANT! If the SetupNT program still cannot locate the "tools" disk, refer to the NTReadme.txt file on the Install diskette for instructions on manually installing the driver. Continued on the next page ... 7 Microsoft Disk Copy Utilities When copying disks in the Zip drive, do not use Microsoft DISKCOPY.EXE or the CopyDisk utility that is available when you right mouse click on the Zip drive icon. These utilities only work correctly with floppy drives. Zip ATAPI Disk Eject If a disk does not eject from the Zip ATAPI drive, one of the following suggestions should solve the problem: · · Close any windows listing the disk contents (such as My Computer or Windows Explorer). The Iomega Zip ATAPI driver may not have loaded correctly. Try reinstalling the driver follow ...