Can I Replace My 100MB Zip Drive With A 250MB Zip Drive?

I currently have a Iomega 100MB Zip Drive installed in my MPC3000. I looking to replace it with a 250MB Zip Drive. I would like to know if just swapping the drives will work or is there something else I must do when installing the 250MB Zip Drive? Thanks.

Anyone?

no, you would a an internal 250mb zip that is scsi.
these are extremely rare.
you could probably take apart an external scsi 250mb zip, and then try to intall it in you 3000.


more trouble than it is worth.

Thanks Lord.

why not just CF it?

It's hard to get my hands on a compact flash reader.

You can put an internal ATAPI Zip 250MB drive into the MPC3000 if you use one of the ACARD SCSI-IDE bridge cards. That is the only way, as Iomega never made an internal SCSI 250MB drive. I can help you with this, so PM me if you want to pursue it.

Someone suggested disassembling the external model for internal installation - that won't work. The external models are built an entirely different way than the internal models and cannot be switched like that.

Yes, finding a CF Card Reader drive for the MPC3000 if you aren't running Vailixi 3.5 is like winning the lottery - you have about as much chance! Only the PCD-15B or PCD-25B models work and those are pretty darn scarce these days. If you are running Vailixi, you have a lot more options and some of those models are still available on fleaBay.