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Yes, this USB zip drive is much faster than a parallel zip drive. The main reason why I got this one was I need some kind of protable storage for my laptop at home, so that I could carry my large files from the office to home. It has more than served its purpose. However, after seeing its price today I was really angry with myself why I bought it so early. I bought it for 130 $ and I think 85 $ is a good price for it.

As for installing it on my laptop, it was very easy. Just plug in and start your comp. If you have windows 95, 98 then the OS automatically recognizes the zip drive and asks if you want to install the driver etc. Just follow the prompts and you are ready to roll. One warning from my side is do not plug in and plug out from the comp when on. I think this may damage the zip drive as well as the USB port. But if you are in a hurry its fine. Also the eject feature of the drive is pretty strong as suggested by other users, but I never had an experience of my zip disk shooting out of the drive.

I think this is the way to go if you want to transfer large amount of data everyday between comps. If you are looking for backups etc. I would suggest go with jazz drives.
Iomega Zip 100 Portable

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