Will my Iomega 250 mg zip drive work with Windows 7?

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I just ordered a new Lenovo Thinkpad laptop with Windows 7 Professional operating system. My old desk top is a Dell 8250 that uses Windows XP. I also recently bought an external IOMEGA 250 MG zip drive hoping to be able to use it to transfer files from my old to new computer. I believe I also ordered the ability to run in Windows XP mode with my new Windows 7 computer (which I won't get for a few weeks yet). Will the IOMEGA external zip drive work on my new laptop?...if so, how do I get it to do so? I believe the laptop comes with usb 3.0 and usb 2.0 ports and some others. Thanks.

Whatevers · Accepted Answer

I hope that Zip drive was cheap.  250 megs is not a workable option, and it would be painfully slow.

A USB memory stick would be faster and cheaper, or a router and putting your computers on the same network.  Or a USB cable.  

Or an external USB HDD.  
 
As far as working, it's USB, you should be cable to just plug it in.

? · Answer

I'm curious why you would need to since USB flash drives can hold a heck of a lot more data in a much smaller space than an unreliable mechanical disk.

- Dominic

Jus1oftheboys · Answer

250 megs isn't a whole lot of storage space any more but to answer your question, yes if the iomega is a usb connection than it should work with your new laptop.

Will my Iomega 250 mg zip drive work with Windows 7?

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