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In article <4fcjtd$j46@xanadu.io.com>, jamshid@io.com says...
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>I will be submitting the following information to the excellent
>Internet iomega Zip FAQ (http://earth.cnct.com/home/steveg/zipfaqintro.html).
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>4. Can I use long file names on my Zip disks?  I.e., can I format my
>Zip disks using NTFS (and NTFS compression)?
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>Yes, a Zip drive looks just like a hard drive [???] to NT.  Just
>remember to use "unmount"[???] to eject the ZIP disks or you could
>corrupt your NTFS Zip disks.  Unfortunately, you must be logged in
>with administrator privledges to use "unmount".  Of course, these
>NTFS-formatted disks cannot be read by non-NT machines. [what happens?]
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>REPORTED PROBLEMS:
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>1. Some NT users have reported that you cannot [or just should not?]
>eject the Zip disk unless you use "unmount"[???].  Also, it will not
>unmount if you recently read the Zip disk with the File Manager and
>have not closed File Manager (even if you close the Zip disk window).

These are related.  If you format the disks as VFAT you get long names and 
Win95 compatablity.  You can then swap disks without mounting and unmounting 
them.  

If you format the disks as NTFS then you have to either reboot or use 
unmount/mnt (freeware, not included with WinNT) to change disks.

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