The Zip Drive: The Storage Revolution That Almost Replaced the Floppy Disk

The Zip Drive promised to change personal storage forever. With far more capacity than a floppy disk, faster performance, and an easy removable format, Iomega’s Zip Drive quickly became one of the most popular storage devices of the 1990s. This video explores how the Zip Drive became a massive success, why millions of computer users relied on it, the infamous “Click of Death,” and how recordable CDs, USB flash drives, and cheaper hard drives eventually made it obsolete.