Internal Zip Error???

I just upgraded 2 an MPC 2000XL.

It has an internal zip drive.

When I load a Zip 100 (the internal is a 100 as well), the mpc seems to recognize the drive...ATAPI displays....but right underneath it there's the dreaded '??????'....

Then....

When I attempt to format the disk, I get "ATAPI Error!"

Can I fix this somehow????

All of my ZIP disks were formatted in the MPC 2000. But the ZIP drive was an external zip100................I'm thinking this is the root of my problem (if the Internal Zip Drive isn't faulty)

Thanks lampdog


So if i used brand new zip disks, fresh out of the box, I wouldn't have 2 deal with this prob?

right...or u can ask for assistance...

yeah the ? is because your disks aren't formatted correctly. i dont know if its the same format btw 2000 and XL.... but i think it should be the same. id say try a brand new disk and see what happens. also you might want to just switch the device in the load screen. just scroll all around to scsi, f-rom, etc... sometimes that wakes up my internal.

so you mean to say that your drive used to be an external zip? if so that could be the problem....

I just got the new zip disk in the mail and I'm having the same prob.

My next step is buying a new internal drive.

Here's a question

Could it be the fact that I have OS. 1.14?

Did you ever solve this issue? I just upgraded from 1.14 to 1.20 on an XL with an internal zip 250. Before the switch my XL was reading all of my disks fine (those created on the machine with 1.14 and another with 1.20). Now I get the question marks. Is there a way to get the MPC to recognize the drive again?

1.20 isnt meant 4 zip, only cf's w/ the addition of larger space.... it could also be the type of disk u use... do u have new ones

Thanks for the responses. Is there a relatively inexpensive way to get this machine back to 1.14?

i resolved the issue but i don't really know how. i ordered a cheap zip drive off of ebay. out of the box it didn't work! but when i put the old one in, it read everything flawlessly. i still haven't had a problem.

oh and i was refunded without having to return the faulty merchandise....good shit huh?