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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 . . . . . . . . . . .
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G:\TW\Lori\Raptor\C4388-90100\exraptor1.fm Page 2 Last Modified: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 8:33 pm Printing date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 Chapter 1: Getting Started This Installation Guide shows you how to: n Connect the tape drive to your parallel port (and printer, if needed) n Install the software n Select and use tapes with your drive When you finish, your tape drive will be ready to make a backup. For more information, see the online User’s Guide. Viewing the Online User’s Guide The Sof
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G:\TW\Lori\Raptor\C4388-90100\exraptor1.fm Page 3 Last Modified: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 8:33 pm Printing date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 Getting Started 3 DOS If you installed the software from the Software Installation CD, the online User’s Guide is on your hard drive in the same directory as the software. If you installed the software from a diskette, the online User’s Guide is on that diskette. To access the User’s Guide, open the file DOSGUIDE.TXT with any ASCII text editor. Checking
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G:\TW\Lori\Raptor\C4388-90100\exraptor1.fm Page 4 Last Modified: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 8:33 pm Printing date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 Chapter 2: Connecting the Hardware Installing Your External Tape Drive NOTE: Before you begin this installation, make sure your computer meets the requirements listed in “Minimum System Requirements” on page 35. HP Colorado External Tape Drive Printer (if attached) Computer Tape Drive’s Power Supply and Power Cord Tape Drive’s Data Cable The illustratio
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G:\TW\Lori\Raptor\C4388-90100\exraptor1.fm Page 5 Last Modified: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 8:33 pm Printing date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 Connecting the Hardware 5 1. Turn OFF your computer. NOTE: To save space on your desk, tip the HP Colorado tape drive up on its side. NOTE: This tape drive can be used with laptops, desktops, and towers that meet minimum system requirements listed on page 35. The following illustrations show it attached to a laptop computer. 2. Connect one end of the powe
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G:\TW\Lori\Raptor\C4388-90100\exraptor1.fm Page 6 Last Modified: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 8:33 pm Printing date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 6 Installation Guide 3. Plug the tape-drive power cord into the drive. Tape-drive power cord NOTE: If it is ever necessary to cycle the power to your HP Colorado drive, disconnect the power cord from the wall outlet. There is no power switch on the tape drive. The power supply is designed to automatically switch into low-energy mode when the drive is not
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G:\TW\Lori\Raptor\C4388-90100\exraptor1.fm Page 7 Last Modified: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 8:33 pm Printing date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 Connecting the Hardware 7 5. If you have a printer cable attached to the computer’s parallel port, disconnect it from the computer and plug it into the tape drive’s connector shown below. Drive’s power connector Secure the connector by tightening the retaining screws. Printer’s data cable (If a printer is sharing the parallel port with the tape drive)
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G:\TW\Lori\Raptor\C4388-90100\exraptor1.fm Page 8 Last Modified: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 8:33 pm Printing date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 8 Installation Guide 7. Attach the cable’s remaining connector to the tape drive and secure it by tightening the retaining screws. Tape-drive data cable Printer cable (Only if you are sharing the port with a printer) If You Have Problems After connecting your tape drive and turning on your computer, the computer should start (boot) as it normally does. If
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G:\TW\Lori\Raptor\C4388-90100\exraptor1.fm Page 9 Last Modified: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 8:33 pm Printing date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 Connecting the Hardware 9 Using the Tape Drive on Other Computers The software installation CD that came with your tape drive allows you to install Colorado Backup for DOS, Windows 3.x, and Windows 95. You can disconnect the tape drive and move it to another computer as long as the other computer meets the installation requirements described in the secti
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G:\TW\Lori\Raptor\C4388-90100\exraptor1.fm Page 10 Last Modified: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 8:33 pm Printing date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 10 Installation Guide 4. Disconnect the printer cable, if any, from the back of your tape drive. You can now connect the tape drive to another computer by following the instructions given previously in this manual. See “Connecting the Hardware” on page 4. NOTE: Remember to turn the computer OFF before attaching the tape drive. The first time you attach the
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G:\TW\Lori\Raptor\C4388-90100\exraptor1.fm Page 11 Last Modified: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 8:33 pm Printing date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 Chapter 3: Installing the Software Checking Your Parallel Ports Before installing the software, you should check your computer’s parallel port settings to ensure the maximum performance from your tape drive. There are currently four types of parallel ports on the market: (listed from the slowest data transfer rate to the fastest) unidirectional, bidirec
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G:\TW\Lori\Raptor\C4388-90100\exraptor1.fm Page 12 Last Modified: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 8:33 pm Printing date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 12 Installation Guide Installing Colorado Backup for Your Operating System Your parallel-port tape drive can easily be shared among computers using different operating systems. Changing the drive between computers is as easy as attaching it to the parallel port and starting Colorado Backup. The Colorado Backup software installation CD includes the files f
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G:\TW\Lori\Raptor\C4388-90100\exraptor1.fm Page 13 Last Modified: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 8:33 pm Printing date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 Installing the Software 13 3. At the DOS prompt, type D:\SETUP and press ENTER (where D: is your CD- ROM’s drive letter). The following screen appears: 4. Select the desired language or leave the default and press ENTER. The following screen appears: Highlight here and press ENTER to install the software. Highlight here and press ENTER to make an insta
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G:\TW\Lori\Raptor\C4388-90100\exraptor1.fm Page 14 Last Modified: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 8:33 pm Printing date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 14 Installation Guide 5. Select Install Colorado Backup for DOS. The following screen appears: Highlight here and press ENTER. ENTER 6. Select Colorado 8GB, Colorado 5GB, T4000s and press . The following screen appears. 7. Either accept the default directory name of C:\CBD or type a different drive letter and directory name where you want Colorado Backup i
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G:\TW\Lori\Raptor\C4388-90100\exraptor1.fm Page 15 Last Modified: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 8:33 pm Printing date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 Installing the Software 15 The following screen appears. 9. If you want to be able to schedule backups to start automatically while you are away from your computer, press the spacebar to mark the check box. If you want to save the additional hard drive space required for this feature or do not wish to do unattended backups, leave the check box empty. S
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G:\TW\Lori\Raptor\C4388-90100\exraptor1.fm Page 16 Last Modified: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 8:33 pm Printing date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 16 Installation Guide The Main screen appears: : Select menu Menu bar commands from here. Command push buttons To copy files from your hard drive to a tape, select this button. To restore files on tape to a hard drive, select this button. To compare files on tape to files on your hard drive (in order to verify that you will be able to restore your
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G:\TW\Lori\Raptor\C4388-90100\exraptor1.fm Page 17 Last Modified: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 8:33 pm Printing date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 Installing the Software 17 Installing Colorado Backup for Windows NOTE: Do not install Colorado Backup for Windows 3.1 for use in Windows 95. This application does not support Windows 95 conventions such as long filenames and backups of the registry. See “Installing Colorado Backup for Windows 95” on page 23. 1. Connect the tape drive to your parallel
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G:\TW\Lori\Raptor\C4388-90100\exraptor1.fm Page 18 Last Modified: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 8:33 pm Printing date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 18 Installation Guide The following screen appears: Click here to install the software. Click here to make an installation diskette to use on another computer that does not have a CD-ROM drive. Click here to view the online User’s Guide. The first time you click here, you will have the option of installing Acrobat Reader software, if you do not already
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G:\TW\Lori\Raptor\C4388-90100\exraptor1.fm Page 19 Last Modified: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 8:33 pm Printing date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 Installing the Software 19 10. After the files are copied, the Colorado Backup main window appears with a dialog box indicating that Windows needs to be restarted before Colorado Backup will work properly. Make sure all applications are closed and click on OK. Colorado Backup and Windows are exited and restarted. When the main window reappears, you are
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G:\TW\Lori\Raptor\C4388-90100\exraptor1.fm Page 20 Last Modified: Tuesday, January 27, 1998 8:33 pm Printing date: Saturday, April 04, 1998 20 Installation Guide 14. Click on OK. Colorado Backup for Windows shuts down, leaving you in Windows’ Program Manager with the Colorado Backup for Windows program group displayed. Double-click on Double-click on this icon to this icon to start backup all files Colorado Backup. that have changed since your last backup. Double-click on this icon to
