[johnwill]

It's not uncommon for Zip drives to die, it's quite likely it's just dead. I'd try the disk on another drive, and the drive on another system.

BTW, don't put any more of your disks into the drive, because there used to be a failure mode where the drive would kill the disk! I remember a big flap about the "Click of Death" of Zip drives several years back. I've pretty much retired my Zip drives, I have four or five in the closet in a big box.

 

[johnwill]

Look around for deals on used ones, many people are in the same situation as me, a bunch of unused ones sitting around. I wouldn't pay more than $25 or so for one, I'd sell you one of mine for that.

 

[johnwill]

If there's one available, that's the cheap way to solve the problem.