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A Zip disk was a brand of removable (and reusable) storage. They came in two varieties; the original Zip disks held 100 MB and the second generation held 250 MB.
A Zip drive was a piece of hardware designed for reading these disks. The original drives could only take the 100 MB disks, later ones could take either the 100 or 250 MB disks.
You don't see them much anymore, because even 250 MB is peanuts. A drive cost $100 or more, and the disks were several dollars each ... you can buy a USB "thumb drive" that holds as much as several Zip disks for less than the cost of a single Zip disk, and that's ignoring the cost of the drive to read them.
So: very definitely hardware, not software, though you did have to have the proper drivers (software) for the drive to get it to work.
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What is Zip Drives?
Zip drives are a backup storage device manufactured by IOmega. With the development of high density writable CD's and DVD's, zip drives have become far less popular.
Comparing flash drives and Zip drives, which is less prone to data loss?
Zip drives have less of a chance of losing data but no where near as portable.
What do hard drives floppy drives and Zip drives have in common?
They all store information.
What is pierce bluff drives zip code?
16148 ZIP code
What will a zip drive copy?
Nothing. Zip drives are storage devices.
How do you encrypt a drive that does not support encryption?
You can encrypt the files/folders with password if the drive doesn't support encryption. Since drives with encryption feature are costly, you can use software to encrypt the files on drives. For example, TrueCrypt, 7 zip, Kakasoft Folder Protector are all good encryption software.
What is the storage capacity of Zip Drive?
250mb is the capacity for a zip disk The early Zip drives had just 100MB.
Name 3 examples of secondary storage devices?
Some examples are hard drives, CD drives, DVD drives, flash drives, zip drives, and floppy drives
Is Zip drive is a input or output device?
Zip drives are both input-output and storage devices.
What technology standard is used to govern how drives such as CD-ROM drives Zip drives and hard drives can interface with a system?
Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics (EIDE)
What are different types of drive?
There are tons of kinds of drives. Floppy Disk Drives, CD-ROM drives, PATA Hard drives, zip drives, flash drives, DVD drives, SATA hard drives.... The list could go on and on and on...
How do zip superdisk and jaz disks compare to hard drives and floppy disks?
Zip,Super Disk, and Jaz drives hold large amounts of data and are portable.Floppy Disk and hard drives and notportableand cant hold that much data.
