iomega zip 100 problems.....help!!

[wojo629]

while using iomega zip to copy some pictures from the net i get the message that my drive is full, when i check resources for the disc it only shows 25% used with 75% free...i ran all diagnostics and everything came up good...hmmm...any ideas??..thanks

[Cliffh]

How many files are on the disk - and are they in directories (folders) or are they just placed on the disk?

If there are too many files (abt. 256), try moving a couple files to the hard drive temporarily, create a directory on the disk, move some of the files into the directory, move the files back to the disk from the hard drive.

[wojo629]

thanks cliffh, kinda new to all this...i have been putting pictures on the disc, i think the number of pics is right around the 256 number...correct me if i'm wrong, but i guess that each pic equals one file??..so i need to create directories? help!!!..thanks for the reply.

[IMM]

It's certainly true of a floppy (and also a zip disk I think) that the number of entries in the root directory is limited - i think you found the limit (the limits on the number in a sub-directory is essentially unlimited these days tho' - wasn't always so). As Cliffh suggested delete one or two of the image files in the root directory of the zip (or copy somewhere) to give yourself the room to make a directory (call it pics or something) and move all the image files that are in the root directory to it.

[wojo629]

As Cliffh suggested delete one or two of the image files in the root directory of the zip (or copy somewhere) to give yourself the room to make a directory (call it pics or something) and move all the image files that are in the root directory to it.
ummm, ok, IMM...i'm lost, root directory is what? as i said i'm new to this...just plodding along...thanks

[bistro]

The "root directory" on a zip are all those files NOT under a folder/directory on the disk; all the ones just copied directly onto the disk. If you didn't make a folder/directory on the ZIP disk when you copied those images, then they are all under the root directory.

[wojo629]

wanna say thanks to all who helped, figured it out!!..thanks pointing me in the right direction!!...love this place!!!