Win 2000 and Colorado 8GB ext

[CA783321]

Hello All:

After reviewing many of the posts and the HP info - I am still confused. Is there software and drivers to have my 8gb Colorado EXTERNAL drive (SCSI Parellel Port) work with Windows 2000 Pro.

Thanks for any replies!

[CA756694]

Yes.

Your external won't function correctly with the native backup applet included with Win2000.

However, a combination of drivers and software will work okay:

http://www.hp.com/cposupport/information_storage/support_doc/lpg10065.html

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?locale=en_US&prodNum=C4388A〈=English+%28American%29&basePartNum=co521&locBasepartNum=co521en&prodName=Win+2000+drivers+for+Colorado+and+Travan+drives&os=Microsoft+Windows+2000+Pro&tech=Driver


cheers,

John

[CA662887]

My DDS3 tape was found and drivers loaded on XP and Win2K but you do need some other software to do a back-up with. I use a Veritas Back-up Exec package and it works fine. The only problem I have is that it won't do compression with my drive for some reason or other. My DDS3 is hardware set for compression yet I only get 12GB on one 125M tape and I should get 24GB. Haven't dug into that one very far though.