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Last Modified: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 8:33 pm
Printing date: Saturday, April 04, 1998
Installation Guide
HP Colorado 5GB and 8GB External Tape Drives
Chapter 1: Getting Started
Viewing the Online User’s Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Checking Your Tape-Drive Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Chapter 2: Connecting the Hardware
Installing Your External Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
If You Have Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Using the Tape Drive on Other Computers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Chapter 3: Installing the Software
Checking Your Parallel Ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Interchangeability of Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Installing Colorado Backup for Your Operating System. . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing Colorado Backup for DOS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing Colorado Backup for Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing Colorado Backup for Windows 95. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Configuring the Drive for Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
If You Have Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Chapter 4: Using Tapes and Caring for Your Drive
Choosing Tapes for Your Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Inserting a Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Removing a Tape . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Caring for Your Tape Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Chapter 5: Technical Information
Minimum System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Hardware Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Colorado Backup for DOS Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Colorado Backup for Windows Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Colorado Backup for Windows 95 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
LAN Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
What Affects Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Drive Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Software License Agreement for External Drives. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Returning Your Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Chapter 6: Customer Support Services
Support for Your Tape Drive and Colorado Backup Software . . . . . 46