The computer gods hate me. And I motherfucking DESPISE them, so I guess we’re set. Ok. So. The tower for the old Gateway. The one that died. The one that we then had spiffed up and made into an uber-shib? Doesn’t recognize its own zip drive. >.< Now, ok, my own beloved crapmaster won't either from time to time, but as the Shite Lord's zip drive is external, and both are older than balls, I let it go, and simply restart until it does. The renovated one is fairly young, it really shouldn't have imploded in the first place, in my opinion, but as I know fuck all about computers, I'm willing to let that go, as well. (Contrary to my father's opinion, being able to work the mouse and edit pictures does not a techno-goddess make.) However. RoboCompie’s zip drive is, and always has been, internal. Its a beautiful, lovely thing, and making computers without them is a stupid, shit thing to do, because not everyone upgrades every two years, folks, they just DON’T. Why? Its called money. You need it to get a computer, you need it to upgrade a computer. You also need it to eat and keep a roof over your head, hence not always having the money for compie-related stuff in the first place. Also, I’m a huge believer in not fixing or upgrading anything until you absolutely have to. As long as it works and does what you need it to, its fucking well good enough. Now…to try and get myself back on track and away from the slow tightening in my neck…RoboCompie’s beautiful, friendly, dependable internal zip drive…is now about as useful as a anus on an owl. Oh, you can put the disk in, and take it out, and the little button lights up, and YAY! ………….until you realize that the drive is inaccessible. For some brainless reason — and if they guy who brought out the tower when we picked it up is the same guy who fixed RC up, I’m pointing out his lip piercing as proof of his insurmountable idiocy and psychosis — when they put in the new harddrive, and replaced the CD-ROM, it didn’t occur to them to connect the zip drive. Why, I cannot even hope to tell you. Its right there. Two inches (maybe) below the A drive, which, oh, hey, works. Personally, I’d rather have the zip, thank you. But no, you open the Windows Explorer, or open the My Computer icon, and there is no fucking way to access that little drive. Personally? I think Heather Chandler said it best when she said….”Fuck me gently with a chainsaw.”