I have data stored on Zip 100 disks. Will this device let me download the data from these disks to my desktop?
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When you hook this up to a PC it shows up as another hard drive in the my computer file. I dont think you download the info you drag and drop or copy whatever is on the zip disks to your system. You can view everything on the disks and do whatever you need to. Erase, copy edit etc. You also dont have to move the files to your PC to work on them or edit them . You are asking about using this with a PC and not a Apple PC I am assuming. There are 3 versions .
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Yes you can. There's multiple options at your disposal, such as Synology Data Replicator.
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No drive. I transferred all the files from my Win 7 desktop over wifi on my network. USB thumb drives or external hard drives would work. Using discs would be the slowest and a lot of work.
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You should be able to. I was able to reformat it to ext4 for a Linux data drive with no problems.
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No it doesn't. But just about everything today can be downloaded. And I use a cheap samsung external USB cd drive for things that are on disk.
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You could use it for that. But, you need a hard drive to install into it. You might as well buy a WD Book, and use it for all three. I just bought a 4TB book to do the same thing. But, it was over $150 bucks. I also have a 3 TB 'wireless' external hard drive (book). I use 2 computers to store info, so that I can use either computer, and not have to re-hook up my book. Can get files, for my laptop, or desktop. I filled up 3 TB pretty fast. It was around $150 also. But, I love it. desktop is 7 and laptop is 8. No problems accessing from either. Spend the bucks. If you can.
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Yes as long as they were independently formatted and were previously accessible. I've done this. I had 4 usb enclosures. I pulled out the HDDs and placed them all into this enclosure, and it works on USB.
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so if i were to put a mess of files from a pc on this drive, i will be able to access them with my mac?
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Rich, Need more info. I assume the laptop is not connected to the Internet...? If that's correct, I would save the download to the computer then transfer it to the laptop. Hope this helpsi
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Have run Iomega Zip for years, can't do without. Running Windows 98XP - Data Doctors tell me they can't support it. It's too old. That's crap. Contact: Support - Select-Zip 250MB Par.Port Download. Support: http;//WWW.IOMEGA.COM.
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It should work it is a USB connection. The software is the issue, I had problems saving the files;but I'm using Windows 7.
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Yes you can. Just make sure you'll have enough space on the hard drive to perform the download.
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I winows 7. Will this device be able to copy folders onto both CD and DVD ?
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yes, i backed up my old desktop, my laptop and my new desktop. You do need to know what the file size for each item is and whether or not you have space to back them up as well as add in the future. I had a 2.0TB drive and my old files were 1.0 TB so i had space. when you plug in each device it should read which device is connected.
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It can me used like any other USB storage device. You can copy files from one machine and move them to another.
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unfortunately not. You have to hook it up via the provided usb cable to a computer to do the download.
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When formatted the total storage is about 1.71 TB so if both if the total data required for the backups is less then yes. If its not then no.