---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 1999 01:02:11 -0500 From: Clint Hamilton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: PCWorks: Colorado Tape Drive for Backups Ryan, I believe there is win drivers at hp's website for these. www.hp.com (click on drivers). Magnetic media is very tempermental, not very reliable. Tape drives cannot be used as a "send to" option in windows the way the 3.5" floppy drive, LS120 drive or cdrw drive can be. They are for taking a mirror copy of windows and a few programs only and restoring it (since it's only 250mb). CDRW and LS120 drives; you can archive on these, backup all your programs and save on these, but they are not capable of 'restoring' the way a tape drive is. There MIGHT be some software now for restoring a hard drive with the cdrw, but I can't recall. Tape drives are very slow, they have to work linearly, have to search linearly, but on rotatable media (LS120 and cdrw) is it much faster since they are not limited to a linear search but can jump from sector to sector or track to track; ie, the heads can move, heads are stationary on tape drives. So you have a choice to make. HP expects you to pay for windows drivers for these drives, while most companies have free downloads for theirs. If you look hard enough you may be able to find some to download. In case you're interested, I sell cdrw drives for $159 US and I have several tape back up devices for windows all over 2gb. Send me an email if you want more info on these. If I happen to find win drivers for the colorado drive, I'll let you know, please do the same for me. HP bought out colorado btw, I have some Jumbo 120 and 250 drives myself that I'm trying to get win drivers for too. -Clint- Clint Hamilton Orpheus Audio/Video & Computing Website: http://www.hotyellow98.com/orpheusavcomp Computer, Audio/Video Sales & Repairs PROBLEMS EMAILING ME? PLEASE RE-TRY Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 209-882-9602 Louisiana ----- Original Message ----- From: Bernabe, Ryan John F. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 30, 1999 12:39 AM Subject: PCWorks: Colorado Tape Drive for Backups > > Hello All, > > > My brother acquired an old colorado tape back up 250MB > capacity, parallel port > interface at a garage sale. Still working (drivers were for dos) w/ > about 40 pcs of 3M tape cartridges. A friend of his told us that using a > CDR is a much better option for back ups. I think he is right but since > CDR drives are still expensive here (370-400USD in local currency) my > brother wishes to stick with it. Anybody who has had an experience with > back up tape drives? Hows the reliability of the tape? Are there drivers > for windows 95/98? TIA. > > Ryan ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================ Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com ===================================================== To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies.
