Iomega ZIPCD Reviews

I was working in the USA recently and had lots of data files to store (>1.44meg). Having been the owner of a Zip (100mB) back up device for many years, decided to bite the bullet and go for a CD RW version as stuff is getting much bigger these days. Firstly I struggled installing it onto Win XP. (Almost ending up chucking the lot in the ...  Read the complete review

In January this year, I finally convinced my conscience that I needed a CD-Writer, for backups and the like. Having previously owned an Iomega Ditto tape drive and been more than impressed by Iomega customer services (a replacement unit was sent to me within 1 week of reporting a fault!), I didn't have any reservations about investing in their ...  Read the complete review

Having bought a digital camera, I wanted to be able to store my pics on a transportable format and not clog up my fairly small hard disk. Looking around in PC World I decided on the IOMEGA. It looks smart and was pretty easy to install. In use so far it has proved pretty reliable - I haven't burned a CD yet that can't be ...  Read the complete review

I wanted a CD burner. I'd love to tell you I wanted one to store vitally important information that I had created and copyrighted myself. That wouldn't be true. If you've read any of my other opinions you'll be aware that the world will not wish to keep copies at the British Library, and the Smithsonian is not ...  Read the complete review

I have a laptop and I needed to be able to send 100Mb files to a graphic designer with a Macintosh. Its too big to send by email or floppy disks. He has a 100Mb zip drive, so I could have bought one of those. However, it would have cost £50 or so just for an external zip drive, and then the cartridges are expensive enough to think twice ...  Read the complete review

Here’s a great piece of kit that is invaluable to virtually all PC users! There’s nothing worse than losing all your saved work when Windows refuses to work & that’s where the CD-RW comes into its own as it saves a lot of time & effort when this type of thing happens & it does happen. I bought my Zip 650 for a bargain price ...  Read the complete review

I wanted a write-able CD drive primarily for back-up, with the bonus of taking a copy of some audio CDs for use in the car. I didn't want to open up my computer so decided to get an external USB drive. Faced with several machines at PC-World I chose Iomega as the only manufacturers name that I recognised, and one that has a reputation ...  Read the complete review

I'm using the Zip CD on a mAc, and as with every bit of hardware that's Mac and PC compatible, the software's really for the PC. It's simple to set up, though. Insert the disc, plug it in and away you go. I wish the manual wasn't a PDF - I prefer hard copies for reference. Got 2 free CD-Rs. Handy when ...  Read the complete review

I bought this last Saturday from PC World at a bargain (I think) £130. Fitting internally should not cause fear to anyone as it slots in to IDE 2 and will work off the existing CD, or DVD if fitted, and will work as a slave. Watch for your existing drive being jumpered as a slave. On it's own no problems. Fitting a real slave, change the ...  Read the complete review

After the first two packages went missing in transit I guess I felt as bit unlucky. Sourced from another vendor and package arrived next day. Opened up the box and plugged it in, in goes the installation CD and I was in for a bad surprise. The Zip 650 USB is not NT compatible. At this time my first vendor did not state this, and Iomega also did ...  Read the complete review