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DSS Tape Unit How Do I get It to work
I have come into a Sony SDT s2000e DSS 2 gig tape drive unit
but dont have drivers ect
sony nolonger supports this device ( too old)
no drivers to be found
does not auto detect when conected
port setting have been tried in all posible configerations
os is win98se
sugestions welcomed
but dont have drivers ect
sony nolonger supports this device ( too old)
no drivers to be found
does not auto detect when conected
port setting have been tried in all posible configerations
os is win98se
sugestions welcomed
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Win98 doesn't support tape drives directly so there are no drivers for any tape drive. You need to get a 3rd party BACKUP SOFTWARE PACKAGE that will run this tape. I recommend Veritas BACKUP EXEC for Win98. This software will work with just about any SCSI or IDE tape drive and the Sony drive you mention is listed as being supported.
I second Backup Exec. It works very well and costs less than $100 if I remember properly.
I recommend 'tar' since its free.
I've not seen tar for Windows 98... I've used a version of tar for NT but NT supports a tape device natively.
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OK having checked the above information out I find i'm still not going
The drive works or did before i moved it from the server to home
It is an external scsi interface with a scsi centronics interface and pas thru with terminating block on the passthru and a scsi centronics to DB25M conector it was conected to Lpt2 on the server so i suspect that it is actualy a scsi 1 interface.
backup exec that i have doesn't find any supported units when i connect it to my pc(98) or server(NT4) i took it back to the server at work and the nt4 backup agent finds it there so it has to be a setting some where
any ideas
The drive works or did before i moved it from the server to home
It is an external scsi interface with a scsi centronics interface and pas thru with terminating block on the passthru and a scsi centronics to DB25M conector it was conected to Lpt2 on the server so i suspect that it is actualy a scsi 1 interface.
backup exec that i have doesn't find any supported units when i connect it to my pc(98) or server(NT4) i took it back to the server at work and the nt4 backup agent finds it there so it has to be a setting some where
any ideas
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I disagree. This question is answered. I suggest force accept to either jhance or slink9. Your choice...
Split the points.
ok, i'll mention it in my post in CleanUp TA
thanx
VM
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VM
Umm, the last comment by the questioner starts with:
"OK having checked the above information out I find i'm still not going"
...which seems to indicate maybe the comments made were not the answer.
01/26/2003 07:57AM PST
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01/26/2003 08:58PM PST
ok, i'll mention it in my post in CleanUp TA
Hmm, so that's seven days in New York minutes, eh?
"OK having checked the above information out I find i'm still not going"
...which seems to indicate maybe the comments made were not the answer.
01/26/2003 07:57AM PST
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01/26/2003 08:58PM PST
ok, i'll mention it in my post in CleanUp TA
Hmm, so that's seven days in New York minutes, eh?
Per recommendation, force-accepted.
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jhance: points for you at https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20493657/For-jhance-re-20176233.html
Netminder
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jhance: points for you at https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/20493657/For-jhance-re-20176233.html