HP Colorado 8GB External Tape Drive

[Anne Henderson]

Can I get updates to get it to work with Windows XP operating system?

Any suggestions are appreciated

[Lewis Finch]

Anne, the drive was discontinued before XP was released so no software was ever written for it. The internal drive worked natively but the external did not. If you want I can point you to some possible workarounds but for the most part, getting one to work was painful and very time consuming. If it were me, I would choose a more current backup tape drive as this one has been obsolete for several years

[Anne Henderson]

Lewis, Thanks for the reply. I figured that was the answer I would get, but I was hoping that after seeing some Windows 2000 stuff there might be an upgrade.

Since it cost 200+, any suggestions as to what I could do with it. I hate to just throw it in the trash.

sjerseyanne

[Lewis Finch]

That's the unfortunate thing about computer peripherals, they depreciate so quickly. What was worth 200 dollars 4 years ago is now virtually worthless. You can buy them on EBay all day long for 5 dollars but since no one uses win98 or older anymore, not much use for them I'm afraid. Seems wasteful I know, Sorry.