can i open a iomega zip 100 in windows 8
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orlbuckeye
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They stopped making drivers for that device back in XP. Plus when they did make the drivers i assume they made 32 bit only.
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While that's true of the parallel port based drives it is not true of the IDE or USB drives, neither requires drivers and will work just fine.
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Well they still load drivers. Any external drive loads drivers when you connect it. Not too may computers today have IDE. The zip drive I had at work used a scuzzy interface.
Here is a link to Iomega drivers.
http://www.driversupport.com/lp/bppc/alt?tid=DeviceODM&odmid=286&utm_source=bing&utm_medium=PPC&utm_term=iomega%20driver&utm_campaign=DeviceODM&m=Iomega&qs=iomega&s_kwcid=AL!4343!10!4180695198!28525400462&ef_id=VFKJLAAABdBqoxF@:20141106144406:s
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Yup, the generic mass storage drivers that have been a part of Windows for years. Neither the IDE nor USB Zip drives require anything else. I've got a USB Zip 250 that still gets regular use in XP, Vista, Win 7, Win 8, & Linux with nothing more than plugging it in to an available USB port and letting PnP take care of things. Haven't touched any Iomega drivers in over 10 years. The SCSI versions did need extra drivers as Iomega tended to use off brand controllers.
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