From: mitch2gs@hotmail.com   
      
   David Schmidt  wrote:   
      
   >On 6/15/22 12:10 AM, Mitchell Spector wrote:   
   >[...]   
   >>      The only issue is it's a faulty Zip drive I retired from my IIGS, and   
   >> keeps clicking at random (yeah, that fun click-of-death issue). Good   
   >> enough for testing purposes for now, until if/when I can repair it.   
   >   
   >I don't think "repair" and "Zip drive" generally appear in the same   
   >sentence, except in the negative.  Do please let us know if you find   
   >such a thing to be possible - I go through them with some regularity.   
      
       After some quick research, unfortunately it appears the "fix"   
   (straightening the drive head bracket?) is temporary at best.   
   It's recommended instead replacing the mechanism or the entire   
   unit itself. I did the latter for my IIGS since I had a spare, but the   
   clicking/dying one is OK for Total Replay until it goes completely.   
      
       I DID find a fix for recovering Zip cartridges that were corrupted   
   by the clicking drive. Couldn't get those disks to format on my Macs   
   or PCs, but the RamFAST's built-in utility was able to low-level   
   format and resurrect the disks!   
      
   Mitchell Spector   
      
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