I have gotten a new notebook with Windows XP after upgrading it's predecessor from Windows 3.1 to 95 to 98 (it's useful time was up). I have an Iomega PocketZip (CliK!) PC Card Drive that I rely on very heavily and have a tremendous amount of data stored on the disks. Windows XP installs the drive automatically and I gotten the newest version of the software from the Iomega web site (Iomega says the drive works with XP). I am having trouble getting the new machine to recognize the data disks when in the drive. I either get messages that the disk is not formatted or not found. I tried to update the driver but XP returns a message that the file does not contain the necessary information for the device. I know the drive works because I used it just last week in the old notebook to add my files I need to be moved to the new notebook. I emailed Iomega for assistance and they said they don't support that drive any longer. I found nothing on the Microsoft site to help me so I am hoping there might be something here that will solve the problem. I downloaded the file I found here but there is still no change in the performance. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks.

Are you able to format a disk and write current files (from the hd) to it using the new XP computer? Just trying to find out if the drive is working properly in Windows XP.

If drive is not compatible with Windows XP, your other alternatives would be to copy the files needed (from old system) to other media, eg: floppy disk, cd-r, tape, or use file transfer with cables connected between the serial or parallel ports on the pc's.

Thanks Jerry for your reply. I have tried to format a disk and I get a message to insert the disk. It is just a terrible cycle that I can't seem to break. If I install the software and reboot as instructed then XP finds the new device and sets it up without returning to the software as it is supppose to. I can uninstall the drive and start over but I still get the same result each time. XP recognizes the drive fine and assigns it as drive E but when I put in a disk it doesn't recognize the disk. I thought maybe my disk might be damaged so I got a couple of new ones and still get the same results. I just not sure that XP is using the right drivers but when I try to update the drivers I get a message that the software doesn't contain the information about my device. I have directed the update wizard to every .inf file that I found and it will not accept any of them or tells me there was no better match. Sometimes I just wish those wizards would go away so that I could set the whole thing up manually like in the good old days.
There is still a problem with the rest of your suggestion about using other means to transfer the files is that the old notebook doesn't have a cd-r and the new notebook doesn't have a floppy. The old laptop has already got to it's new home in my brother's ever growing supply of computer parts since I didn't think I needed anything else from it since I had moved everything to my trusty Clik disks while waiting for the new notebook to arrive. It seems I'm in a real pickle.

Ok, here's the only other method I know to transfer files from the old pc to the new one:


Windows XP based computers includes a Files and Settings Transfer Wizard, that in just a few steps, can be used to move all your precious files from one machine to another.

You can use a null modem serial cable, available at electronic stores or stores that carry computer supplies. The cable plugs into a serial port (also called a COM port) on each computer. Most computers will have nine pin serial ports so be sure to get a nine pin cable and one long enough to reach both computers. The wizard uses auto detection to configure ports for the cable, so you don’t need to go through any complicated setup procedures there. After the two computers are connected, through a network or by a serial cable, you can start the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard by clicking Start on the computer running Windows XP, pointing to All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, and then clicking Files and Settings Transfer Wizard. (If both computers are running XP, you can start with either one.)

Note: The old computer can be running any Microsoft operating system from Windows 95 onward, but this does not include Server products.

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Next, follow the instructions, on the old computer, you can use the Windows XP CD to start the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard. The next important step is to select which files to transfer. The default is to transfer settings for applications and Windows such as taskbar options and Outlook Express, specific folders such as Desktop, Fonts, My Documents, and My Pictures, and file type associations (what files open with what programs). To add or remove settings, select the Let me select a custom list of files and..... check box, and then click Next.

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Click Next and the wizard begins collecting the files from the old computer. After the collection process is complete, you’ll get a list of those files. If there are a bunch of them, highlight and copy the list into Notepad and save it.

Go to the new computer and start the Files and Settings Transfer wizard again. After telling the wizard that this is the new computer, select the last option, I don’t need the Wizard Disk. I have already collected my files and settings from my old computer.

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Then all you have to do is tell the wizard where to look for the collected items.
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Additional information on using the Transfer Wizard can be found here:
User State Migration in Windows XP: Files and Settings Transfer Wizard Overview (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treeview/default.asp?url=/technet/prodtechnol/winxppro/deploy/usermigr.asp?frame=true/)

If the above procedure is not compatible with older Windows os's, then alternately you can use Symantec's PcAnywhere software to perform the file transfer process from an older pc to a newer one using this same null modem serial cable connected between the serial ports on each pc. Visit http://www.symantec.com for more details on PcAnyWhere software.

Null modem cables and Null modem adapters information:

If you connect two DTE devices (or two DCE devices) using a straight RS232 cable, then the transmit line on each device will be connected to the transmit line on the other device and the receive lines will likewise be connected to each other. A Null Modem cable or Null Modem adapter simply crosses the receive and transmit lines so that transmit on one end is connected to receive on the other end and vice versa. In addition to transmit and receive, DTR & DSR, as well as RTS & CTS are also crossed in a Null Modem connection.

A Null Modem adapter is a small device that plugs in the line of a standard serial cable that converts the connection to a Null Modem connection.

Null Modem adapters are available at most computer and office supply stores for under $5.