Tape Drive For Vista
Replies: 3 | Post Date: 06-18-2009, 01:29 PM | User: Mngl1200 | Forums: hardforum.comOk since they toke away out of the box tape drive support for vista what is everyone using for doing backups with their tape drives under vista?
The quantum sdlt tape drive was free along with the adaptec scsi card and 80+ tapes that were only used once so i do not want to hear just use an external hard drive. So far it looks like novabackup is the best bet but i was wondering if there was something better or even something that is free.
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Wangtek Tape Drive
I have inherited a wangtek tape drive model 5150 eq. I have the scsi card as well. Does anyone know how to hook it up to my win98se machine? Does anyone have the required drivers?
Posted On: July 3rd, 2002, 06:36 AM . View 9 Replies .
I have inherited a wangtek tape drive model 5150 eq. I have the scsi card as well. Does anyone know how to hook it up to my win98se machine? Does anyone have the required drivers?
Posted On: July 3rd, 2002, 06:36 AM . View 9 Replies .
Tape Drive Not Showing Up
I recently hooked up an unused dlt tape drive in our dell 2650 server. The scsi card is a tekram. The scsi cable posts in bios, and shows the tape drive, however when im in windows, i cannot find it in device manager nor can i see it in symanntec exec backup. If i put a tape in, it spins and loads it(it seems) however, windows sees nothing. (Windows server 2003 r2)
Any ideas?
Posted On: 02-11-2010, 01:39 PM . View 5 Replies .
I recently hooked up an unused dlt tape drive in our dell 2650 server. The scsi card is a tekram. The scsi cable posts in bios, and shows the tape drive, however when im in windows, i cannot find it in device manager nor can i see it in symanntec exec backup. If i put a tape in, it spins and loads it(it seems) however, windows sees nothing. (Windows server 2003 r2)
Any ideas?
Posted On: 02-11-2010, 01:39 PM . View 5 Replies .
Tape Drive In Usb 2.0 External Drive Enclosure
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I have a few old seagate usb tape drives, along with a mess-load (like 2 boxes) of new and used tapes. (20gb, 40gb, and 80gb). I have a lot of pics of my kids, all the way from the birthing room at the hospital to now. I really don't trust keeping them on hard drives, or even burning them to dvd's. Not secure enough for me. I would not ever want to loose the pictures. I hear that tape storage is the way to go for a more permanent back up solution, which is why when i saw these, i grabbed them. Good price, too. Free. But i haven't used them yet, they've been sitting here for a year. So my question is, exactly how permanent is tape as a backup solution? Should i expect a few years? Longer? Shorter?
Should i make multiple tapes of the same pics? (Which i will probably do anyway, for redundancy. A copy here, and a copy at a relatives house) my sound stupid, but for anyone who has kids knows, there are just some moments you would never want to lose, or forget. And these moments are important to us.
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Posted On: 08-22-2009, 03:15 PM . View 4 Replies .
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The drive is about 5 years old, but its been working just fine, and i generally don't use the drive for anything anymore, so i'd hate to have to buy a new one just because vista is being stupid!
Posted On: 06-28-2009, 02:49 PM . View 8 Replies .
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The drive is about 5 years old, but its been working just fine, and i generally don't use the drive for anything anymore, so i'd hate to have to buy a new one just because vista is being stupid!
Posted On: 06-28-2009, 02:49 PM . View 8 Replies .
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Posted On: February 28th 2009 . View 2 Replies .
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Installing Windows Vista Via Flash Drive
No tweaking, no fking around, no program installs - put the dvd in the drive, put the flash drive in the usb port and run the command. Thats it. The rest of this post is purely there because people always try and do something differently, or dont bother reading the instructions properly!
This does not work with xp, so dont ask.command for copying vista (or 7) dvd to flash drive
Open a run command - use the "windows key + r" trick to open a run menu, if its not enabled in your start menu
Xcopy x:*. * /S/e/f y:
X: being source (dvd / iso image on virtual drive)
Y: being destination drive (flash drive)
A dos prompt will open and show the files copying - it may appear to have stopped on a file (install. Wim i think), but dont worry - thats a large file so it takes a while. You can use this to install vista off a flash drive, no longer needing a dvd. Above this line is all you need to make a bootable flash drive!
As simple as this is, people always ask a bazillion questions.common ones are answered below. The drive letters x: and y: need to be substituted with whatever letters your system uses. Its obvious, but some people still miss that. I've done this with ntfs and fat32 flash drives heaps of times - havent burned a dvd for an os in years. Your motherboard is going to need to boot from usb for this to install. Many motherboards have a "quick boot" method by pressing escape or f8 while the bios post screen is still loading. Dont always assume it will show as a usb device, often it shows under the hdd menus. Obviously, you're going to need a dvd in the drive, or mount the iso via some virtual drive software, like deamon tools or virtual clone drive. If your flash drive is full, the dos prompt will just close without copying the last files. Make sure you have enough free space to fit the contents of the iso (a 4gb flash drive is not exactly 4gb - mine is 3. 83gb after formatting, and too small for a vista sp2 install). I suggest formatting and starting with a blank flash drive - you can always add your other files back afterwards. You can do this from any windows os - xcopy hasnt changed in a looooong time, so it should even work in os's as old as win95. Since this has to be clarified, i mean you can make the vista/7 bootable usb disk in older os's. That is not the same as making bootable copies of them!
And a picture guide, for those who cant live without them. 1.command line
2. Format flash drive to ntfs (16gb drive)
3. Files copying
4. Open your boot menu in the bios, or change the boot order. My media pc allows me to hit f12 and get this:
(If i had my flash drive plugged in for this photo, it would read as "usb-hdd imation nano" in the '+hard disk' menu)
5. Run the vista/7 installer as normal
Out of niceness, i quote pyeti and naelex's alternate method. This one is rather noob friendly, but requires a third party program. This method works for xp!
Code:
Plug in your usb key. Right click on the ultraiso shortcut, and click on run as administrator. Click on file (menu bar) and open. Navigate to your windows 7 iso file and select it and click on the open button. In the bottom local pane, select your usb flash key drive. Click on bootable (menu bar) and wite disk image. Make sure the locations are correct, and check the verify box and click on the write button. Click on yes to confirm writing to the usb drive. When it's done, click on the close button. You now have a windows 7 installation usb flash key.
Posted On: 08-10-2009, 09:18 AM . View 23 Replies .
No tweaking, no fking around, no program installs - put the dvd in the drive, put the flash drive in the usb port and run the command. Thats it. The rest of this post is purely there because people always try and do something differently, or dont bother reading the instructions properly!
This does not work with xp, so dont ask.command for copying vista (or 7) dvd to flash drive
Open a run command - use the "windows key + r" trick to open a run menu, if its not enabled in your start menu
Xcopy x:*. * /S/e/f y:
X: being source (dvd / iso image on virtual drive)
Y: being destination drive (flash drive)
A dos prompt will open and show the files copying - it may appear to have stopped on a file (install. Wim i think), but dont worry - thats a large file so it takes a while. You can use this to install vista off a flash drive, no longer needing a dvd. Above this line is all you need to make a bootable flash drive!
As simple as this is, people always ask a bazillion questions.common ones are answered below. The drive letters x: and y: need to be substituted with whatever letters your system uses. Its obvious, but some people still miss that. I've done this with ntfs and fat32 flash drives heaps of times - havent burned a dvd for an os in years. Your motherboard is going to need to boot from usb for this to install. Many motherboards have a "quick boot" method by pressing escape or f8 while the bios post screen is still loading. Dont always assume it will show as a usb device, often it shows under the hdd menus. Obviously, you're going to need a dvd in the drive, or mount the iso via some virtual drive software, like deamon tools or virtual clone drive. If your flash drive is full, the dos prompt will just close without copying the last files. Make sure you have enough free space to fit the contents of the iso (a 4gb flash drive is not exactly 4gb - mine is 3. 83gb after formatting, and too small for a vista sp2 install). I suggest formatting and starting with a blank flash drive - you can always add your other files back afterwards. You can do this from any windows os - xcopy hasnt changed in a looooong time, so it should even work in os's as old as win95. Since this has to be clarified, i mean you can make the vista/7 bootable usb disk in older os's. That is not the same as making bootable copies of them!
And a picture guide, for those who cant live without them. 1.command line
2. Format flash drive to ntfs (16gb drive)
3. Files copying
4. Open your boot menu in the bios, or change the boot order. My media pc allows me to hit f12 and get this:
(If i had my flash drive plugged in for this photo, it would read as "usb-hdd imation nano" in the '+hard disk' menu)
5. Run the vista/7 installer as normal
Out of niceness, i quote pyeti and naelex's alternate method. This one is rather noob friendly, but requires a third party program. This method works for xp!
Code:
Plug in your usb key. Right click on the ultraiso shortcut, and click on run as administrator. Click on file (menu bar) and open. Navigate to your windows 7 iso file and select it and click on the open button. In the bottom local pane, select your usb flash key drive. Click on bootable (menu bar) and wite disk image. Make sure the locations are correct, and check the verify box and click on the write button. Click on yes to confirm writing to the usb drive. When it's done, click on the close button. You now have a windows 7 installation usb flash key.
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Just want to find out right away so i can redo it if necessary.
Posted On: 03-31-2009, 02:29 PM . View 4 Replies .
I just installed a new wd 1tb black hard drive into a new system. I installed vista 64 without doing any type of format. Was i supposed to format the drive before installing the os?
Or does it automatically use ntfs?
Just want to find out right away so i can redo it if necessary.
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Esata hard drive not recognized in vista 64, well it does, as long as i do a "scan for hardware changes" in device manager every time i want to use it. But if i just plug it in and turn it on it doesn't get recognized. Any ideas why?
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I physically installed the wd1600ys western digital 160gb caviar hd into the computer. Pata and sata cables. However it is not recognizing it. I had the old install disc for xp version which will not work on my vista. Now that being said i am unable to find the drivers needed for my computer to recognize it. I believe it needs western digital tools. I called the tech support at western digital and they stated the drivers are only available for vista 32 bit. My vista reads 32 programs. He couldn't tell me where those drivers were. He was pretty aggravated when he picked up probably because someone called him and complained that their cup holder( disc drive) was broke when it spilled the drink. Please direct me to a website where i may download the driver to recognize my hd.
Posted On: 01-09-2010, 11:09 AM . View 10 Replies .
I physically installed the wd1600ys western digital 160gb caviar hd into the computer. Pata and sata cables. However it is not recognizing it. I had the old install disc for xp version which will not work on my vista. Now that being said i am unable to find the drivers needed for my computer to recognize it. I believe it needs western digital tools. I called the tech support at western digital and they stated the drivers are only available for vista 32 bit. My vista reads 32 programs. He couldn't tell me where those drivers were. He was pretty aggravated when he picked up probably because someone called him and complained that their cup holder( disc drive) was broke when it spilled the drink. Please direct me to a website where i may download the driver to recognize my hd.
Posted On: 01-09-2010, 11:09 AM . View 10 Replies .
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Posted On: November 11th 2008 . View 2 Replies .
Im finally putting together my new computer build and was looking at getting 8 gb of ram, then converting half of it into a ram drive for the paging file. Is there any way of doing this on vista home premium x64 ?
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A. Total size before shrinking : 115591 mb
B. Size of available shrink space in mb : 21929 mb
C. Enter the amount of space to shrink : 21929 mb
D. Total size after shrink in mb : 93662 mb
Of the last three options (b, c, d) which will be the unallocated, free space after shrinking ?
Posted On: October 7th 2009 . View 3 Replies .
I would like to know the details regarding the outcome after doing the 'shrink volume' feature in windows vista. 1. If i shrink my 'c' drive with 120 gb space, what will be the free (unallocated) space if the shrink utility shows the following:
A. Total size before shrinking : 115591 mb
B. Size of available shrink space in mb : 21929 mb
C. Enter the amount of space to shrink : 21929 mb
D. Total size after shrink in mb : 93662 mb
Of the last three options (b, c, d) which will be the unallocated, free space after shrinking ?
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I have just built my first computer and cant get vista ultimate to install on my barracuda 7200. 10 sata 3. 0gb/s 500-gb hard drive. When i get to the screen that asks you to select your hd to install vista on, it recognizes my drive but has a message on the bottom of the screen stating. "Windows cannot be installed to this hard disk space. The partition contains one or more dynamic volumes that are not supported for installation. "
Is their anything i can do to get windows installed on this hd?
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Posted On: 01-02-2010, 12:10 PM . View 2 Replies .
I thought it would be simple. Does it matter which sata slots are used for a boot drive. There are 8 on my board 4 controlled by intel ichr7 and the others by marvel. Attempts to install windows result in error message that the drive is configured as active in the bios and suggest using diskpart utility to clean the drive? Does sata use master/slave? The hd is a wd caviar blue 300gb. What am i doing incorrectly?
Posted On: 01-02-2010, 12:10 PM . View 2 Replies .
Usb Jump Drive Prevents Vista Boot
So i just got a usb cruzer micro 2. 0gb for my vista premium. I removed the u3. And formatted it. Readyboost works, but when i reboot the computer, the screen gets stuck on the hp logo, and vista will not boot. I reseted it one time and then vista had to do a system restore because of a hardware change or something. Does anyone know how to fix this problem where once the usb drive is plugged in, and the computer restarts, it will not boot into windows vista?
Note: vista works normally again, when the jump drive is not plugged in. I had the exact same drive before and it did not do this.
Posted On: March 31st 2008 . View 3 Replies .
So i just got a usb cruzer micro 2. 0gb for my vista premium. I removed the u3. And formatted it. Readyboost works, but when i reboot the computer, the screen gets stuck on the hp logo, and vista will not boot. I reseted it one time and then vista had to do a system restore because of a hardware change or something. Does anyone know how to fix this problem where once the usb drive is plugged in, and the computer restarts, it will not boot into windows vista?
Note: vista works normally again, when the jump drive is not plugged in. I had the exact same drive before and it did not do this.
Posted On: March 31st 2008 . View 3 Replies .
Install Windows Xp / Vista Using A Usb Flash Drive Stick
I found a way to install windows xp or vista using a usb flash drive stick, i thought i would share it as its pretty useful. For people who understand the method, it may be useful for other stuff too, the program is called usb_multiboot_10. I have tried it and it does work.
Posted On: 06-10-2008, 06:53 PM . View 1 Replies .
I found a way to install windows xp or vista using a usb flash drive stick, i thought i would share it as its pretty useful. For people who understand the method, it may be useful for other stuff too, the program is called usb_multiboot_10. I have tried it and it does work.
Posted On: 06-10-2008, 06:53 PM . View 1 Replies .
Ide Drive Through Usb - Vista Won't Open Files
So i have a hard drive out of an old laptop that crapped out. When plugged in, it powers up fine, the disk is spinning and my computer will see that the drive is there. Pop up says device is working properly, and allows me to "safely remove" it. Device manager shows it is there, giving the proper model name and such. All of this, but my computer won't let me open the drive to get the files. It doesn't show up in the my computer window. I have tried a couple of different external plug in setups, and they all do the same thing, even the ones with a dedicated power cord and two usb plugs to give the device more power.
Posted On: 05-23-2009, 05:25 PM . View 4 Replies .
So i have a hard drive out of an old laptop that crapped out. When plugged in, it powers up fine, the disk is spinning and my computer will see that the drive is there. Pop up says device is working properly, and allows me to "safely remove" it. Device manager shows it is there, giving the proper model name and such. All of this, but my computer won't let me open the drive to get the files. It doesn't show up in the my computer window. I have tried a couple of different external plug in setups, and they all do the same thing, even the ones with a dedicated power cord and two usb plugs to give the device more power.
Posted On: 05-23-2009, 05:25 PM . View 4 Replies .