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Data Recovery Techniques For Dead Zip Disks?

Posted by timothy on from the choose-a-deity-and-start-praying dept.

Lkmyst writes "Recently I had a Zip 250 disk die on me after the obvious channels were checked and found to be too expensive for a college student at $200US + I looked to see if there was perhaps another method I could use. A *nix dd looks like it might work but I thought I would ask slashdot to see if anyone out there has had luck with zip disks the drive no longer recognizes."

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  1. Click of death? by itwerx · · Score: 2, Interesting

    While GRC's Spinrite is an awesome product (I've been using it for 15 years - since 1.0!) and it can also work on all types of removeable media and most all partition-types (Mac disks must be moved to a PC), I suspect that your disk's problem is more fundamental.
    However, while we're on the topic of GRC, Steve Gubson does have a different utility to cure the click'o'death on Zip disks.
    And while you're at it, you might even be able to get IOmega to replace it even if it's out of warranty!
    (Speaking of replacing, basic troubleshooting steps would suggest trying it in another drive too... :)