If you are still in possession of an older Zip drive with a parallel port connection and it is not recognized by Windows 2000, you must first make it clear to the operating system that it is a so-called legacy device. To do this, proceed as follows:
1. Click with the right mouse button on Workplace and select from the context menu Properties.
2. In the following window, click on Hardware and open the Device manager.
First double-click on Connection and then to Printer connection. Under the menu item Connection settings you will find the option below to activate legacy detection for Plug & Play.
Check the box in front of it and restart your PC with the Zip drive switched on. After a restart it will be where it belongs:
NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows Tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.
