Zip Drive

[Lis'a]

For any of you who have this problem DON'T follow the KB
article. The problem was that XP did indeed think that
my internal iomega zip drive was another hard drive. I
uninstalled the drivers to my zip drive. I then went to
iomega's site and downloaded the tools for XP O/S for my
hardware. I installed the software, rebooted and wala!
my zip drive was recognized as what it was. Now, if I
had followed the KB article that is referenced below I
would have spent hours (MS states in the article that
prior to reinstalling XP you will need to disconnect the
ZIP drive) doing this. Shame on you, MS for dis-
information.
>-----Original Message-----
>I slicked my hard drive and installed a new copy of
>Windows XP (i was previously running W2K SP3). I
applied
>all updates and service pak. My problem is that my
Iomega
>internal zip drive (100 mg). When i insert my disk and
>try to access it I receive a dialog box tellimg me that
I
>need to format the disk. When I respond yes, it tells
me
>I'm unable to format it. I found an article on KB
>(303661) that says that this is because XP thinks the
>internal zip drive is a hard drive and the only solution
>is to reinstalled XP. THAT SUCKS!!! Let me add that
>when I view my drives under My Computer, the zip shows
>removable. I attempted to uninstall the device under
>device manager but it did not work (it uninstalled, but
>after reboot it was back). I would greatly appreciate
>any help or suggestions that anyone might have regarding
>this. I've just reinstalled all my programs and I
really
>don't want to reinstall XP.
>
>Thanks in Advance:)
>.
>