Iomega errors

[Mike]

Hi!

I am running Windows XP Home Edition. For two years, my
internal Iomega 250 zip drive worked beautifully.

Then, I began getting the following message during backup
initialzation:

Fatal error 1302, unable to continue.
Operating System Error: 0
Module:.\msrstr.h
Function: MSRSTRING<T>::GetIndex
Line: 1478

I have uninstalled all Iomega software and reinstalled
with the latest versions. Iomega believes it is a Windows
problem.

Does anyone know a solution?

Thanks and Happy Holidays!

[CS]

On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 06:40:53 -0800, "Mike"
> wrote:

>I am running Windows XP Home Edition. For two years, my
>internal Iomega 250 zip drive worked beautifully.
>
>Then, I began getting the following message during backup
>initialzation:
>
>Fatal error 1302, unable to continue.
>Operating System Error: 0
>Module:.\msrstr.h
>Function: MSRSTRING<T>::GetIndex
>Line: 1478
>
>I have uninstalled all Iomega software and reinstalled
>with the latest versions. Iomega believes it is a Windows
>problem.
>
>Does anyone know a solution?
>
>Thanks and Happy Holidays!

Hello Mike:

My experience with Iomega Zip drives over the years has taught me that
they can be problematic and sometimes difficult to trouble shoot. You
may be experiencing a hardware error that might be manifesting itself
as a system operating error.

If possible, try running diagnostics on your drive to see if it's
hardware or not. In the meantime, do not use or insert any 250 Zip
disks that you can not afford to lose data on. You may wind up
ruining the disks and destroying data.

You might want to consider making your backups to CDs rather than Zip
disks which are generally less reliable.

[Mike]

>-----Original Message-----
>On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 06:40:53 -0800, "Mike"
> wrote:
>
>>I am running Windows XP Home Edition. For two years, my
>>internal Iomega 250 zip drive worked beautifully.
>>
>>Then, I began getting the following message during
backup
>>initialzation:
>>
>>Fatal error 1302, unable to continue.
>>Operating System Error: 0
>>Module:.\msrstr.h
>>Function: MSRSTRING<T>::GetIndex
>>Line: 1478
>>
>>I have uninstalled all Iomega software and reinstalled
>>with the latest versions. Iomega believes it is a
Windows
>>problem.
>>
>>Does anyone know a solution?
>>
>>Thanks and Happy Holidays!
>
>Hello Mike:
>
>My experience with Iomega Zip drives over the years has
taught me that
>they can be problematic and sometimes difficult to
trouble shoot. You
>may be experiencing a hardware error that might be
manifesting itself
>as a system operating error.
>
>If possible, try running diagnostics on your drive to see
if it's
>hardware or not. In the meantime, do not use or insert
any 250 Zip
>disks that you can not afford to lose data on. You may
wind up
>ruining the disks and destroying data.
>
>You might want to consider making your backups to CDs
rather than Zip
>disks which are generally less reliable.
>
I have also installed separately a second zip drive. It
performs the same as the original drive.

Cd's are cost prohibitive and cumbersome since the zip's
are used for sneaker net as well as safety.