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User’s Guide
Using Zip
®
Disks
Use only genuine 250MB* or 100MB* Zip
®
disks with your Zip drive.
This section describes just some of the things you can do with Zip disks.
The help files contained in your IomegaWare
™
software package include
additional information on using Zip disks.
Backing Up with Zip
®
Disks
It’s important to always keep current backups of your valuable data –
whether the primary data is stored on your hard drive or Zip
®
disks! And
you can use Zip disks to back up both. The easiest way to back up your
hard drive to Zip disks is to use the backup program included in your
IomegaWare
TM
software package (1-Step Backup/Restore for Windows 95/
98 and Windows NT).
If you want to back up important selected files and have them immediately
available without having to run a restore procedure, you can use your
system’s standard procedures to copy files from your hard drive to your
Zip
®
drive (for example, drag-and-drop files or folders using My Computer
in Windows 95/98). For information on how to back up one Zip disk to
another, see the next section.
˾ NOTE: The 1-Step Backup program is designed to back up data
files and will not back up any of the operating system files on your
hard drive or any files that are in use. ˾
Copying Zip
®
Disks
To make a copy of a Zip
®
disk, use Copy Machine – it can duplicate a Zip
disk using a single Zip drive. To copy a disk with Copy Machine, double
click the Copy Machine icon in your IomegaWare
™
folder, insert the disk
you want to copy, and follow the screen instructions. If you need
information on how to set Copy Machine options, select Help from the
Copy Machine menu bar.
˾ NOTE: Copy Machine cannot copy any files that are open or in
use at the time the copy is made. ˾
˾ IMPORTANT! When copying Zip
®
disks on IBM-compatible PC systems,
do NOT use the Microsoft CopyDisk utility that is available when you right
mouse click on the Zip drive icon under Windows 95/98 or Windows NT.
These utilities only work correctly with floppy drives. ˾
*250MB or 100MB capacity where 1MB = 1 million bytes. The capacity reported by
your operating system may vary. Use 250MB Zip disks for maximum performance.