Iomega usb zip drive not mounting to desk top

i have a external usb iomega 250 zip drive and i can seem to get it to mount to the desk top
i look on iomega website and it says that OS X dose not need any software install or additional drivers to work
i cant seem to get it to mount on the desk top
i have also installed the software from the disk and it wont mount
i them uninstall the software and try it again and still the same problem
as i know that this is a old beast of a drive system i am trying to get some songs off this disk from a 4 track zip disc recorder
any help would be great
thanks santini

santini,
This article may help:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1720?viewlocale=en_US
Please remember there is no Iomega icon on the desktop until you mount a 250MB disk, just like the optical drive.

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