anyone know how to fix this zip problem

Another common failure of both ZIP and JAZ drives is a clicking/knocking sound familiar in the world of data recovery, this noise as in a hard disk is caused by the read/write head assembly trying and retrying to read from the media failing and in the process hitting the end of its range. The most common cause for this problem is generally not the ZIP/JAZ media itself, but a miss-alignment of the head assembly. This action can ruin the disk in severe instances, It is important that when an Iomega device is displaying this kind of behaviour it’s use is discontinued immediately, continued use WILL damage the media.

If you experience an instance of clicking within one of these devices you should discontinue use immediately. The first port of call is to try the media in another device, bear in mind however that this may cause the failure of the new device. If the clicking continues in the new device the problem is generally with the media itself and not a problem with the devices which should be discarded immediately after this kind of problem to prevent damage to other media. The only option at this stage is to employ the services of a professional data recovery company. Repeated attempts to access the data in these situations will hinder the process.

This problem is a recognised one and has brought a class action lawsuit to Iomega, the settlement of which is

go the card reader straigh up. heaps less moving parts to get fuk;d up

i tried that but it still makes the clicking noise and then doesnt read the card at all..damn zips

I don't think there is any fix for this. You'll have to get a new disc. Always back up a ZIP to your PC because they will evently die.

^^^^ WORD!!! It happened to me once and I learned from that ish!