The various features of zip drives are as follows; they are write protection, media access protection and error protection. The zip's write protection is implemented in the software and in the hardware instead of just the disk controller itself. The media act protection is done via a password. The zip disk media had extra blocks called spare sectors, which the drive used for proactive data loss prevention.

It has an internal zip drives and an external zip drives. The internal zip drives adds to the computer's memory storage, it backs up files; it runs software from your zip disk. Zip drives have been made with a variety of interfaces to the computer. Different types of zip drives are zip 100 drives, jazz drives, and 250 zip drives. Zip drives can be purchased in either a parallel or a small computer system interfaces version. The small computer system interfaces version is one of the fastest, most sophisticated, most expandable and the most expensive interfaces. There is also a new variety of zip drive introduced in the market in the year 2002 using usb and firewire interfaces. The 250mb drives also read and write 100mb disks. But the 750mb one reads all but writes only 250mb and 750mb disks.

There is also a variety of external zip drives with an usb interface, it is called as usb external zip drives. This type also has the same qualities and that is its an easy way to protect, back-up and transport your important files. Durable, portable zip disk is easy to take wherever you go. The only thing required to be done is that simply drag and drop your files and they are protected from system crashes or virus. For easy and automatic backup quicksync softwear is included.