TITLE
    Power Macintosh G3: Rebuilding the Desktop can disable Iomega Driver extension
Article ID:
Created:
Modified: 		30897
1/28/99
7/12/00
TOPIC

    On a Power Macintosh G3 that includes an Iomega Zip Drive, it is possible to disable the Iomega Driver extension when holding down the Command and Options keys to rebuild your desktop.

DISCUSSION

    When holding down the Command-Option keys, through the entire boot sequence, the Iomega Driver extension is temporarily disabled. Inserting a Zip disk would result in the disk not appearing on the Desktop.

    There are three workarounds for this problem:
    • If you are attempting to rebuild the Desktop on your Power Macintosh G3, wait until all extensions are loaded before you press and hold down the Command-Option keys. An easy way to determine this is to wait until the progress bar under the Mac OS logo is almost completely to the right side.
    • If you have already rebuilt the Desktop on your Power Macintosh G3, you can load a temporary driver by launching the Iomega Guest application. This application is typically located in the Utilities folder within the Iomega folder.
    • After the Desktops rebuild is complete, restart your Macintosh.


Document Information
Product Area: Computers
Category: Power Macintosh
Sub Category: Power Macintosh G3
Keywords: kppc

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