HP Tape backup. Model 35470A driver

Er det nogen af de her modeller:
http://productfinder.support.hp.com/tps/ProductFinder?h_query=tape+streamer&h_tool=software&h_lang=en

Prøv her:
http://productfinder.support.hp.com/tps/ProductFinder?h_query=Tape+backup+35470&h_tool=software&h_lang=en

Kig evt. på http://www.hp.com/cposupport/swindexes/hp35470add9621_swen.html

Man skal normalt ikke bruge en driver.
Men tag en kig på http://www.hp.com/cposupport/swindexes/hpsurestor9635_swen.html

Why doesn\'t HP supply DAT or DLT drivers for the Windows 95/98 platforms

A driver (or a device driver) is a small, system level program that allows a specific piece of hardware (e.g.. your HP DAT tape drive) or software to interface to a specific operating system (e.g. Windows 95).

When you attach hardware, like a video card or CD-ROM to a system using Windows 95 or Windows 98 then a driver is needed to identify the hardware and make it work properly. With these examples, the operating system provides all the other necessary software to make everything work.

With HP DAT and DLT drives and mechanisms the situation is a little different.
Although they still require drivers in order to be recognised and utilised by Windows 95/98, there is no software that is provided by Windows95/98 to operate them.
The software is generally called \'a backup application\', specific examples would be Colorado Backup or Tapeware, and is installed separately. It is this backup application that contains the drivers that are needed.

We believe that the confusion over this arises from two situations:

1. We supply drivers for Windows NT, Netware and other platforms.
The reason for this is that these come with their own built in backup application and earlier versions may not contain a driver that works with all our products.

2. If you install your SCSI HBA (host bus adapter) and the DAT or DLT device before you install the backup application, then Windows 95/98 will prompt you for a driver or even put the DAT or DLT device automatically into \'Unsupported Devices\'.
This is understandably confusing, as it is standard practice to ensure that every device is correctly identified as part of the installation process.


So, to sum up.
You cannot actually use a DAT or DLT drive or mechanism in Windows 95 or Windows 98 without also having a backup application installed.
A backup application does not come with Windows 95 or 98.
The backup application contains the drivers that you need.

It may sometimes be better to install the backup application before the hardware in order to eliminate the confusion.

Takker for point. :)