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what OS runs Zip drives? [duplicate]

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up vote 7 down vote favorite This question already has an answer here: Connecting Iomega Zip (parallel port) to modern PC 4 answers I came across my old Zip drive and some Zip disks. I am curious what is on the disks, but my Windows system won't run them. Back in the day I thought that these would be the ultimate in archive storage. So is there an OS (Linux?) that might still be able to run Zip drives and read the data? Seems like my question should be a Haiku: Old Zip Drive Don't run once was nice choice of Archives How Much have we lost? Or Perfect OS is Needed. (I am better at limericks.) hardware storage archival