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ZIP DRIVES 100 MB IOMEGA

Hello Experts,
Our customer needs to recover his info inside these iomega zip 100mb
nobody has a device here in the city so I just requested some technicians...
all I got is a zip drive that does not fit the iomega 100 mb by almost three millimeters.

Now on ebay, I found this:
iomega-750-USB-Zip-Drive-Z750USB-PC-Windows-Mac-w-Cables

My question is if this device can read the 100 MB too or maybe the purchase will be for nothing ?
What is the correct device I need to purchase to read this info and move it to a better place?

Best Regards,
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The two pages below say that the iomega-750 can read the 100MB disks but can't write to them.  Last time someone asked about this, the biggest problem was drivers since I believe Iomega is out of business.

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/generation,567.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_drive
There's also a listing for it at Amazon (although available only from third-party sellers):
https://www.amazon.com/Iomega-31714-100-USB-Powered-Drive/dp/B00005U7RB

In the Q&A section, some folks say that it's working on their W7 and W8 machines. Even if not, find an XP machine and save the data to a flash drive. That way your customer recovers his data! A 16GB flash drive (for $7.49) will house around 150 of those 100MB ZIP disks. :)
actually, i have 2 iomega Rev drives here, and disks
if you want, i could test them out...
Iomega Rev and Zip are different technologies. You won't be able to use zip disks inside a Rev drive, and vice versa.

Rev is a removable HD, while Zip is rather closer to a floppy disk.
Watch out for 2nd-hand Iomega ZIP Drives.  Many suffered from what they called the "Click of Death", and it would be very easy to end up with a problem one.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Click_of_death

I had two of them and one developed this problem.  The other (a 100MB one) I unfortunately threw away about 2 years ago.  That's a pity, because it worked fine and I could have posted it to you.
Pretty sure I've got an *internal* zip drive at home, but think it had an IDE interface on it.  It would need a suitable mobo to connect to, or at least a SATA to IDE converter.  

Looks like Lenovo bought the business - here's some (old OS) drivers
https://lenovo-na-en.custhelp.com/app/platform/p/1,19 
- you'll need an XP machine (or similar) to connect it to.  I'm in the UK if you're desperate and can't find anything closer to home.
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Thank you very much!
You're very welcome — happy to help!