Its 2014 now. Some of these reviews are older than anything I own! Will this zip drive work in Windows 8 PC? I just found a bunch of old zip 100
2018317
It works just fine in windows 7. I guess it acts like a USB CD device except with zip discs. I'm sure it will work with windows 8.
2018318
I don't know about Windows 8 but I am using Windows 7 64-bit with no problems.
2018319
I'm using Windows 7, 64 bit and was able to get it to work. It's not hooked up now so I can't give you any further help, sorry.
2018320
Used it Fall of 2013 in a Windows 7 64 machine - worked fine - no problems - Windows 8? - most likely - or find a cohort with a 7 machine! Ancient archives are priceless!
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It may work for windows 8, but not for the windows 8.1 and updates to windows 8, I made several attempts to get it to work, followed all suggestions from pawtec.com and nothing made it work. They cited that the windows updates made the usb 3.0 ports "bad" to where they would not recognize devices. They work for other things, so I can't see why it would be that they wouldn't work for this, and think it is a problem with this product and not with windows, but I've seen other people have problems with other usb 3.0 external players of other brands that kept recognizing/unrecognizing, and not playing discs just like this one did to me. If you have windows 8 with no updates, you may be safe using this, anything later, I wouldn't chance it. I'm returning mine for a refund and will try something else.
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I'm not going to be much of a help here. Sorry. This floppy reader is cheap so I felt it wasn't a very big investment whether or not it worked on my PC. I just plug it into my WIN 8.1 PC and it is recognized as another drive. Then I put a floppy into the "drive" (reader) and can access it just like my hard drive (C) or my thumb drives (usually D or F). As to whether or not your grading program will work on your WIN 8.1 Asus, all you can do is try installing it. If it is too old, maybe it won't work. However, I am still using a travel/map program I bought in 2001. The CD says it will install in Windows 94, 98, NT, Me or 2000. That is OLD! It took me multiple tries but I finally got it to load properly. Guess the next revision of Windows may not recognize it and the company's out of business, but that's what happens with favorite programs, isn't it? Good luck with loading your program.
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Because of the file formats on the Mac, I believe there was a different versionof the Zip drive for the Mac. Please accept this as a biurred recollection. Most PC data from programs on PC's are inherently different than what is used on a Mac for anything other than pure text. Look at the following for some good information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PC_Exchange
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Then drive works with windows 8. The software that comes with it doesn't work with anything..
1600969
Word Perfect 8 is VERY OLD and was designed to work with Windows 95 - I doubt it will work with any of the newer Windows operating systems.
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I use this little drive with Windows 7 and have never had a problem. I can't foresee any problems with Windows 8; however, maybe I'm not the person to ask about that. I love this little drive. Easy to use and I know my system and other info are safe. All I have to do is remember to back up regularly.
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I have not had luck using Win 8. Win7 works. Win 8 usually corrupts the SD card causing its own mess.
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It's been a long, long time since I've bought an Iomega diskette type drive. Compared to a USB Hard Drive (like Seagate Backup Plus) the older Iomega is much slower and less reliable. In my opinion it's way past its prime. I would take your friend's advice and get a USB hard drive. If your Win7 computer supports USB 3.0 I would definitely get a 3.0 USB Hard Drive. 3.0 is 10 times as fast as 2.0 and really flies. That's my opinion. Good luck with your decision. --- Sam
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Mine didn't work either. As a last resort, I thought I'd just just use it as a standard 8gb storage card. No luck. Computer shows it has only 93kb of storage space - not 8gb. Tried reformatting - no change. Just a $35 piece of garbage. My suggestion - throw it in the trash where it belongs.
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Definitely! I have the same hard drive and i got it from my old pc too. It'll work.
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The drive is USB 3.0 based, and also 2.0 compatible, but the software that is delivered with the drive is complete trash. Just use it as a "normal" external drive with Win8 or 7, and you will have no problems. The DVD that comes with the drive is currently being used to keep the birds out of my fruit trees.
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While I don't have Win8 installed on any of my machines, I do have this drive running on a 64-bit version of Win7. There were no ASUS drivers that needed to install. I just plugged the drive into my 64-bit,Win7 machine and it worked as expected. My understanding of Win8 is that if the peripheral works under Win7, then it will work under Win8. I am still very pleased with the performance of this drive and would buy it again or consider an "upgraded" one from ASUS that supports Blu-ray. You do need 2 USB Ports on the same side of the machine, or at least within a few inches of each other. As a reminder, this is USB2 vs. USB3 drive. Hope this helps. While I don't have Win8 installed on any of my machines, I do have this drive running on a 64-bit version of Win7. There were no ASUS drivers that needed to install. I just plugged the drive into my 64-bit,Win7 machine and it worked as expected. My understanding of Win8 is that if the peripheral works under Win7, then it will work under Win8. I am still very pleased with the performance of this drive and would buy it again or consider an "upgraded" one from ASUS that supports Blu-ray. You do need 2 USB Ports on the same side of the machine, or at least within a few inches of each... » Read More While I don't have Win8 installed on any of my machines, I do have this drive running on a 64-bit version of Win7. There were no ASUS drivers that needed to install. I just plugged the drive into my 64-bit,Win7 machine and it worked as expected. My understanding of Win8 is that if the peripheral works under Win7, then it will work under Win8. I am still very pleased with the performance of this drive and would buy it again or consider an "upgraded" one from ASUS that supports Blu-ray. You do need 2 USB Ports on the same side of the machine, or at least within a few inches of each other. As a reminder, this is USB2 vs. USB3 drive. Hope this helps. « Show Less
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I wouldn't know if does it work with windows 7? but it did show as drive in windows 8 and from that experience it my believe that it will work with windows 7 , the changing settings or any update check out youtube that where i got my information, bottom line is "yes to your question"
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I connected the drive on my 7-year-old DELL laptop (with USB 2.0) and initially it didn't work, but I assumed it was because of the OS, Windows Vista: apparently the manufacturer doesn't warn you that it only works with Windows XP, 7 and 8 (as stated on the box). I tried everything, and nothing worked; finally, just casually after giving up, I tried connecting the drive with the cable of my previous one, a 2-year-old 1 TB Western Digital, and it worked, and it is still doing fine. So I would say yes, it's compatible with USB 2.0, but I'm not sure what really happened here.
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I formatted mine NTFS, so it only works well for PC. I think if you format FAT32 it should work across operating systems.
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Just got a laptop with Windows 8, took some time to get the hang of it. The Kingston worked fine, no problem and I used it on two other computers on a recent trip. The small program to opened the drive fine and left no traces on my friends PC. I just bought a second drive in fact.