How to read DAT tapes backed up with TAPEWARE ?

[Marino Meloni_1]

goes here: ftp://ftp.hp.com/pub/information_storage/software/
download the Tapeware, for example:twwineng.exe is english version for windows
install a virtual machine with w2k, and install tapeware, and see if you can restore your data

Hope that help

[AngelTcho]

OMG !!! It's been 10 days I've looked for this file ! Thank you ! I'll try it tomorrow and get back to you. Regards

[AngelTcho]

Hello,
So, this morning, I uninstalled Data Protector and installed TapeWare v6.2 sp3c.
But now, the Tape drive is not recognized by TapeWare => Dev-2.0.4.0:Unrecognized Device

The tape drive is a HP DAT72 Internal SCSI drive (P/N : C7438A)

Did I miss something ?

[Marino Meloni_1]

I do not know, it has been long time I didn't work with tapeware
you may have more success with it successor: http://www.barracudaware.com/downloads

[AngelTcho]

Firstly, thank you again to all of you.

I already tried to contact barracudaware, and still I get no answer from them.

It looks like tapeware v6.3 or 6.2 doesn't provide any driver for my DAT Tape Drive.
I'm currently downloading the v7.x, maybe I'll be luckier...

[Michael A. McKenney]

Try the HP Windows driver and use Windows backup.

[AngelTcho]

Good news !!!
After many searches on Google, I've found a fully functionnal version 7_7C of Tapeware. I Installed it, imported the media and it's now restoring all my tapes ! Thank you for your help guys !