This allows you to use 800K disks in 400K drives. 400K disk drives have only one read/write head and thus only write on one side of the disk, but are otherwise the same as 800K disk drives. If you need 400K disks, just get 800K disks and format them as 400K. has several brands in their online catalog at reasonable prices. OfficeMax and Office Depot both stock them in their catalog though finding them in a store is difficult. Keeping in mind that 720K PC floppies are the exact same thing, there are several good sources of 800K floppies in the U.S. The Zip on a Plus page (dead as of May '02) is also an excellent resource for getting a Plus to work with Zip drives.Ģ.3.2 - Where can I get 400K or 800K floppy disks? You'll have to reformat it under Zip Tools 4.2 or earlier if you want it to be your boot Zip disk. Be sure and use a Zip disk that has NOT been used under a newer Iomega Zip driver or it won't boot the but it will work as a hard drive. The short answer is "Yes." The longer, more in-depth, useful answer is "Yes, provided that you get the right driver and don't use the disk with later versions of the driver on different Macs." JAG says:Īs far as booting off a Zip, you need driver 4.2. Removable Media/Floppy Drive Questions - the pickle's Low-End Mac FAQ Removable Media 2.3.1 - Can I use a Zip drive with System 6 and/or as a boot disk?
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