Hello all! I have been reviewing the archives and decided to subscribe again until I get too busy and have to unsubscribe again. One thing - I had a heck of a time trying to find the mailing list on RootsWeb so I could subscribe. Finally had to do a google to find you. Seems like it should be easier to find a mailing list from the RootsWeb home page. Of course, it may have been staring me in the face and I just missed it. I noticed a lengthy discussion in the archives about using Iomega ZIP and JAZ disks to archive images. I don't want to revisit the arguments pro and con, but I would like to relate the following to those who use them. Within the last couple of days I pulled out a ZIP disk to recover an image that I needed. While trying to open the folder I found images that wouldn't open because of bad data. I ran the Zip and Jaz testing system developed by Steve Gibson http:/grc.com and found that I had some bad sections that couldn't be read. So, I transferred all of the images that could be saved to my hard drive and reformatted the Zip disk. Then it tested OK. I had the lost images on other backups (I never rely on just one) so I didn't lose anything. Point is, we need to test our Iomega disks every so often. If you are not familiar with the Zip test, it is called Trouble in Paradise, TIP.2.1 and can be found at the above URL. The beauty of it is when it finds errors on a disk it moves the data to a good sector and saves it. And it's free. Of course, that only works if the data isn't so far gone that it can't be read. Happy ending - I tested the rest of my archived disks and they were all OK. Ron