DAT 72 USB driver and apps help (Need the HP Storageworks CD)

[digii3]

Is the Storageworks CD for the DAT72 USB still available?  If not, how do I get one?  My CD is lost and I need to use the drive for recovery of some historical data of mine.  Are all storageworks CD (ie. one for DAT72 SCSI and other versions of CAT 72) the same?  Can anyone help?  Thanks.

[support_s]

System recommended content:

1. HP StorageWorks DAT USB Tape Drives User Guide (DW049-90916, June 2010)

2. HP StorageWorks DAT Tape Drives User Guide - USB (April 2005)

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[Sid_M · Accepted solution]

Hello digii3,

Yes, Ideally the CD that came out sometime in 2000- 2003 should contain the required drivers.

StorageWorks CD is not available for download anymore as this product has been EOSL for a very long time. However, if you google you might find a copy of this CD on Third-party Sites like Internet Archive etc.

We at HPE do not support or cannot validate if that will work or not but you can try those links: but then again you are pretty much on your own, We cannot take any responsibility of any kind on these downloads and installations. Nor we do support these drives as hardware repairs cases anymore. 

So yes, I found the below links on Google you can try these and see if that works.

https://archive.org/details/HPSureStoreTapeSoftwareDiagnosticsDriversAndDocumentationCD-ROMC1529-110112000
(HP SureStore Tape Software, Diagnostics, Drivers and Documentation CD-ROM (C1529-11011) (2000))

https://archive.org/details/feb-2011-lto-gm
(HP StorageWorks Ultrium Tape drives - Diagnostics drivers and documentations cd-rom (2011))

[digii3]

@Sid_M 

Where can I get the drivers and software like hpdat and hp_usbstor?  Thanks.

[Sid_M]

Hello again digii3 

I found one link from the HPE Website for HPE StoreEver Tape Drivers for Windows 4.2.0.0 (24 Oct 2016) this has the DAT Drivers you can try this as well beside the CD options. 
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