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Microsoft Disk Copy Utilities Do not run Microsoft DISKCOPY.EXE or the right mouse CopyDisk utility with the Zip ATAPI drive. These utilities were designed for floppy drives and do not handle other removable disk drives correctly. This problem is documented in the Zip ATAPI User's Guide. Changing Drive Letters under Windows 95 To assign a specific drive letter to the Zip ATAPI drive under Windows 95, use the following procedure: 1 Righ mouse click on the icon for My Computer and select "Properties". 2 Click on the "Device Manager" tab. 3 Click the plus sign ( + ) next to "Disk drives", then click on the icon for the Zip ATAPI drive to select it. 4 Click on the "Properties" button located at the lower left of the Device Manager window. 5 Click on the "Settings" tab. 6 The Settings windows will tell you the current drive letter for the Zip ATAPI drive. To set a specific drive letter for the Zip drive, select the desired drive letter in the dialog box for "Start drive letter". Note that the same drive letter should appear in the dialog box for "End drive letter". 7 Click OK to close the properties window. Note that the new drive letter will not take effect until you restart the computer. ■ NOTE: If the Zip ATAPI drive is supported in the computer's BIOS, you will not be able to change the drive letter. In this case, the dialog boxes under "Reserved drive letters" are grayed out ■ Installing Applications to the Zip Drive Certain applications and games will install only to a fixed disk. In order to install these programs to the Zip drive, first right mouse click on the Zip drive icon in either My Computer or Windows Explorer and select "Make Nonremovable." This enables the software to install by making the Zip drive appear as a hard drive to the system. After the software installation is complete, again right mouse click on the Zip drive icon and select "Make Removable" to restore disk removability. 14

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Microsoft
Disk
Copy
Utilities
Do
not
run
Microsoft
DISKCOPY.EXE
or
the
right
mouse
CopyDisk
utility
with
the
Zip
ATAPI
drive.
These
utilities
were
designed
for
floppy
drives
and
do
not
handle
other
removable
disk
drives
correctly.
This
problem
is
documented
in
the
Zip
ATAPI
User's
Guide.
Changing
Drive
Letters
under
Windows
95
To
assign
a
specific
drive
letter
to
the
Zip
ATAPI
drive
under
Windows
95,
use
the
following
procedure:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Righ
mouse
click
on
the
icon
for
My
Computer
and
select
"Properties".
Click
on
the
"Device
Manager"
tab.
Click
the
plus
sign
(
+
)
next
to
"Disk
drives",
then
click
on
the
icon
for
the
Zip
ATAPI
drive
to
select
it.
Click
on
the
"Properties"
button
located
at
the
lower
left
of
the
Device
Manager
window.
Click
on
the
"Settings"
tab.
The
Settings
windows
will
tell
you
the
current
drive
letter
for
the
Zip
ATAPI
drive.
To
set
a
specific
drive
letter
for
the
Zip
drive,
select
the
desired
drive
letter in
the
dialog
box
for
"Start
drive
letter".
Note
that
the
same
drive
letter
should
appear
in
the
dialog
box
for
"End
drive
letter".
Click
OK
to
close
the
properties
window.
Note
that
the
new
drive
letter
will
not
take
effect
until
you
restart
the
computer.
NOTE:
If
the
Zip
ATAPI
drive
is
supported
in
the
computer's
BIOS,
you
will
not
be
able
to
change
the
drive
letter.
In
this
case,
the
dialog
boxes
under
"Reserved
drive
letters"
are
grayed
out
Installing
Applications
to
the
Zip
Drive
Certain
applications
and
games
will
install
only
to
a
fi
xed
disk.
In
order
to
install
these
programs
to
the
Zip
drive,
first
right
mouse
click
on
the
Zip
drive
icon
in
either
My
Computer
or
Windows
Explorer
and
select
"Make
Nonremovable."
This
enables
the
software
to
install
by
making
the
Zip
drive
appear
as
a
hard
drive
to
the
system.
After
the
software
installation
is
complete,
again
right
mouse
click
on
the
Zip
drive
icon
and
select
"Make
Removable"
to
restore
disk
removability.
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