Re: DAT tape recovery

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A backup system that cannot be read on a randomly chosen generic, is not a backup,
like many drag n drop CD packet writers that produce disks that can only be read by the same version of software that wrote them you are in deep doo when inevitable failure occurs.
When you replicate the Win2000 device and can read the tapes restore the tapes and copy to a DVD or cd set that can be read, the future risk there not be hardware on which you CAN replicate the windows2000 system when something goes wrong.

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"Savary@ScrollTech" <Savary@ScrollTech@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F001EB48-E6DF-461E-B26C-89D3345CAEC7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I am trying to restore data from HP dds-2 tapes. The data was backed up using
Windows NT in compressed format with some backup software other than HP Data
Protector Express. We now have Windows XP. I just purchased a HP Storageworks
DAT 40 USB external tape drive to restore this data. However, I cannot access
the tape using either Windows XP "Backup" Utility or HP Data Protector
software came with the tape drive. The tape drive does not seem to recognize
the data. I have tried the Media Import feature of HP Data Protector Express,
but the software is difficult to use and is not intuitive. Please assist.

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