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    what to do with zip drives?

    I just have a handfull... half dozen or so. didn't find any results with the "search"



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    Are you asking about the drive or the disks?

    I put the drives in the CD floppy pile and I pull the aluminum platters out of the disks

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    there are 100mb and 250mb, the 250s might be worth checking on ebay to see if they still sell. I usually put 250s aside

    it says right on the front cover the size, it'll say 100 zip or have a 250 there

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    just the drives tw' thanks no advantage to break em down then?

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    The board in them is usually hard drive board grade. I get a couple and Ewasted lets me mix in a few.

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    they are worth significantly more on ebay than scrap value, id sell he 250s off separately though 250 internal $6 250 external $10 ebay completed listings

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    250... but "untested" ???

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    id test it if you can otherwise i dont think its worth the risk, id just sell it as a lot of however many drives you have then, i get a fair amount of returns on used untested items so its really how you fell about it

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