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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000352789-08-000073.txt : 20080611
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20080611203610
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000352789-08-000073
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20080609
FILED AS OF DATE:		20080611
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20080611

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			IOMEGA CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000352789
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	COMPUTER STORAGE DEVICES [3572]
		IRS NUMBER:				860385884
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10955 VISTA SORRENTO PARKWAY,
		CITY:			SAN DIEGO
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92130
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(858) 314-7000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4059 SOUTH 1900 WEST
		CITY:			ROY
		STATE:			UT
		ZIP:			84067

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NOLAN JOHN E
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001231528

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-12333
		FILM NUMBER:		08894288

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		202 429 8107

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O STEPTOE & JOHNSON
		STREET 2:		1330 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, N.W.
		CITY:			WASHINGTON
		STATE:			DC
		ZIP:			20036
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    <schemaVersion>X0202</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2008-06-09</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000352789</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>IOMEGA CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>IOM</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001231528</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>NOLAN JOHN E</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O STEPTOE &amp; JOHNSON</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>1330 CONNECTICUT AVENUE, N.W.</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WASHINGTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>DC</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>20036</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Employee stock option - right to buy</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>4.15</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2008-06-09</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>D</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>20000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2017-05-23</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>20000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>0</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
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        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This option, granted 5/23/07 and which provided for vesting in four equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant date, was assumed by EMC Corporation in the merger and replaced with an option to purchase 4,422 shares of EMC Corporation for $18.77 per share.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>John E. Nolan</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2008-06-11</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
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