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Re: [akaiS1000S1100Samplers] Trouble with Zip Drive & S1000

2011-04-11 by Rish

Is the zip disc write protect switch on?

Rish

Life is like MIDI, your either IN, OUT or THRU.

On Apr 11, 2011, at 12:32 AM, Mike Schaffer <mike@schaffer.com> wrote:

> I just got up an Iomega 'Zip 100 plus' zip drive to save samples on, and when I hook it up to the sampler and try to reformat the zip disk I get the message "CAN'T WRITE TO READS-ONLY DEVICE". I've tried this with multiple disks, same issue.
> 
> Why would the device be read only? Did I get a bad zip drive or is the one not compatible with the S1000?
>

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