Buck said:
Just as a side note in reference to that article and Iomega: How can you be so stupid as to name a drive Clik!? Clik is the worst thing you can hear from your drive.
Yes, I used to make many many jokes about this back in the day (the infamous Zip "click of death").
Buck said:
I still use an ATAPI ZIP 750 almost daily for storing stuff. Zero problems.
The
very latter-day (circa 2000) Zip 100s finally seemed cured. The Zip 250 seems a bit better yet.
I tend to wear a cartridge out about once a year but have never had one die without warning me to get all the data off it first. (Clicking noises)...I have 5 cartridges in use.
No, *that* is not THE "Click Of Death."
The infamous "Click Of Death" is rather loud. And, when the "Click Of Death" occurs, BOTH the drive AND the disc are finished for good! BOTH are trash. Then some people make the mistake of putting the now-damaged Zip disc into a working Zip drive where it causes yet another... Click Of Death!
And to add insult to injury, Iomega refused to replace the drive or even the Zip disc. They bast&%#s always claimed that you were using "non-Iomega media" and that you voided the warranty when you (allegedly, of course) used that "non-Iomega media" (Fuji, Memorex, BASF, Maxell, etc). At work, some people in my area had no less than 6 "Click Of Death" incidents, with one destroying someone's (stupid on their part) only copies of files.
The "Click Of Death" failure was damned sure without a doubt a flaw in the Zip Drive -- likely a flaw caused by cheap-o penny-pinching construction of the head assembly. I've talked to a HELL OF A LOT of people over the years that've experienced the Zip "Click Of Death."
