My Iomega Rev drive keeps ejecting the disks I put into it. It has been backing up reliably for a few years now and recently it started ejecting every disk I put into it.

Unplug the drive. insert a paperclip in the hole in the back of the drive. This will manually eject the disk. You can also open the cover but that's a lot more work than you need to go through when a simple paperclip will move the manual eject lever.

Some Iomega Zip drives suffer from what end users have dubbed "The Click of Death". The symptoms of the drive meltdown under this conditions is that the disk will not eject and makes a distinct clicking noise when it attempts to spin up. I do not now if the Z10052 is specifically a model of the Zip drive that is effected by this problem.

I do know that others, though I have never had the occasion to use it myself, have had success with stick disks in ZIP drives by powering down the unit then re-powering it back up while holding the drive eject button in during the process [holding the button down the whole time]. They report this has caused the disk to eject.

you can always try to format and delete all the data, then recover it, recuva can help you recover it, its free from recuva.com. but that would be last resort

mechanicall problem..drive need to be opend....be carfull

i think it is damaged. because of the bad sectors . try to use third party recovery app

send me the old drive and cartilage. I will get the data off and put it on dvd's and send the dvd's back to you and keep the drive and cartilage for parts. I have several rev 30's and rev 70'S.

mr_bill at mailcity dot com

Turns out the PSU unit was weak. It couldn't provide the power needed to spin up the disks when inserted.

Problem Solved.

there is a small black plastic piece that pops up under the bottom of the disk that locks it in place. At this time there is no replacement parts available. I have two that are broken the same way. It also usually crashes the heads.

mr_bill at mailcity dot com

If a white colored pin is broken in the drive it will eject. The pin engages the locking mechanism.

Throw it away. It is rubbish.