Tape Drive support in XP

Post #36,311 by orion 4/23/02 10:07:28 PM Reply	Tape Drive support in XP My father-in-law has and old Gateway Tower that came with a 1400 Jumbo tape drive. I am trying to get it to work in XP Pro on his new system; however, it doesn't work with the 9X driver. I also cannot find the XP driver for it. HP's site is confusing and basically says it has no support for the drive anymore beyond Windows 95/98. Any ideas? Colorado (HP) 026-209 Rev A Jumbo 1400 P/N 6000-0035 His CDRW drive should be his main backup drive, but I doubt he can use this new drive but I wanted to explore all the options before I tell him that it is too old to work with the latest Microsoft OS. *I am free now, to choose my own destiny.*
Post #36,316 by static 4/23/02 10:43:30 PM Reply	It's likely it won't work. Microsoft have a history of phasing out drivers for older hardware as they upgrade their OS. Plus the driver model has changed a few times, which means the older drivers simply cannot be loaded, and the manufacturur would prefer to sell you a new tape drive than write new drivers for an old tape drive. Wade. "All around me are nothing but fakes Come with me on the biggest fake of all!"
Post #36,327 by altmann 4/24/02 2:13:47 AM Reply	Re: Tape Drive support in XP [link\|http://groups.google.com/groups?q=%221400+Jumbo%22+drivers&hl=en&selm=3259C2E4.1E3E%40teleport.com&rnum=1\|It looks like] HP may have given up on this drive back in the NT 4 days. -- Chris Altmann
Post #36,357 by orion 4/24/02 11:15:32 AM Reply	Frell! Oh well! Goodbye tape drive, and hope that he didn't back up anything important on those tapes he has? *I am free now, to choose my own destiny.*

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