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Lock a Zip Disk?

Lock a Zip Disk? Peripherals 6 posts Mar 17, 2008 — Apr 30, 2008

#1 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 - 04:41

I had these Zip 100 disks sitting around for a while, and I found a healthy USB Zip250 drive at Goodwill, so now I have another means of backup for when I'm out of CDRs.

I know how to lock a floppy disk, is there a way to physically lock a Zip disk?

#2 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 - 05:11

The only way I'm aware of is through Iomega Tools.

#3 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 - 06:47

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's just a software lock controlled via Iomega's Tools program (and maybe some 3rd party apps).

#4 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 - 12:41

I just drill holes in them and use a suitcase-padlock

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#5 Tue, 29 Apr 2008 - 22:32

Use Iomega tools to lock the disk. You may also use Harddisk Toolkit to provide customised access restrictions (HDT supports Iomega ZIP drives). Both helps to prevent you from erasing the disk by mistake. The media do not use any locking tab or similar.

#6 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 - 00:22

I just drill holes in them and use a suitcase-padlock
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He beat me to it... :lol: