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HP Colorado 5GB Installation Manual

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Installation Guide

This guide shows you how to:
1. Connect the tape drive to your parallel port (and printer, if needed)
2. Install the software
3. Select and use tapes with your drive
When you finish, your tape drive will be ready to make a backup.
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  • Page 1: Installation Guide

    Check each item to ensure you have everything you need. Software Installation User’s Guide Guide Power Supply and Power Cord (U.S. version shown other versions may vary.) HP Colorado 5GB External Tape Drive Software Data Cable Installation Driver Installation diskette...

  • Page 2: Connecting The Hardware

    WARNING: DO NOT, under any circumstances, open the external tape drive’s case. If you suspect problems with your drive, service must be performed by a certified HP technician. See the telephone numbers at the back of this manual. 1. Turn OFF your computer.
  • Page 3 Installation Guide NOTE: To save space on your desk, tip the HP Colorado 5GB 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 33. The following illustrations show it attached to a laptop computer.
  • Page 4 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 in use. The HP Colorado 5GB may be safely left plugged in at all times.
  • Page 5 Connecting the Hardware 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.
  • Page 6 If you verify all of these and still have problems, try turning off your computer. Wait at least 20 seconds before turning it back on. If you have a printer connected to the HP Colorado 5GB tape drive, turn off the computer’s power. Disconnect the tape drive and the printer.

  • Page 7: Using The Tape Drive On Other Computers

    Connecting the Hardware 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 section “Minimum System Requirements”...
  • Page 8 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 2. NOTE: Remember to turn the computer OFF before attaching the tape drive.

  • Page 9: Installing The Software

    Installing the Software Check 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, bidirectional, Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP), and Extended Capabilities Port (ECP).

  • Page 10: Install Colorado Backup For Your Operating System

    Installation Guide Install 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 for installing the backup software for DOS, Windows, and Windows 95.
  • Page 11 Installing the Software 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 installation diskette to use on another computer that does not have a CD-ROM drive.
  • Page 12 Installation Guide The following screen appears: Highlight here and press ENTER. 6. Select Colorado 5GB, T4000s, PowerTape and press ENTER 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 installed.
  • Page 13 Installing the Software 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.
  • Page 14 Installation Guide 15. Type and press TAPE ENTER The Main screen appears: Menu bar: Select menu 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.

  • Page 15: Installing Colorado Backup For Windows

    Installing the Software 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”...
  • Page 16 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...
  • Page 17 Installing the Software 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 ready to configure the tape drive.
  • Page 18 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.
  • Page 19 Installing the Software Automated Modified—This operation runs each day from Tuesday to Sunday, backing up only files that have been edited or added since your last backup. Each backup creates a separate volume which is added to the tape after each previous backup volume. The combination of Monday’s Total and the six Modified backups gives you an up-to-date copy of all files.
  • Page 20 Installation Guide The Colorado Backup main window appears. Floppy-drive icon: One for each floppy drive installed in your computer. Hard-drive icon: One for each hard drive installed on your computer. If you are connected to a network, mapped drives and network servers also appear.

  • Page 21: Installing Colorado Backup For Windows 95

    Installing the Software Installing Colorado Backup for Windows 95 NOTE: Do not use Colorado Backup for Windows 95 to backup Novell servers. Colorado Backup for DOS can backup Novell 2.x and 3.x servers or Colorado Backup for Windows (3.1 or 3.11) can backup Novell 3.x servers. NOTE: Colorado Backup for Windows 95 can back up computers over your Windows 95 and Windows for Workgroups networks.
  • Page 22 Installation Guide The following menu appears: Click here to install the software. Click here to make a set of installation diskettes 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...
  • Page 23 Installing the Software Select Colorado Backup for Windows 95. Select Colorado Backup. The Recovery Disk Creation screen appears: 11. Click on the Create Recovery Disks button. The following screen appears: 12. Insert the formatted, 3.5” (1.44 MB) diskette labeled “Recovery Disk #1” into your floppy drive.
  • Page 24 Installation Guide 14. Click on Continue. When all the necessary files have been copied to the diskette, the following screen appears: 15. Remove “Recovery Disk #2” from the floppy drive and write protect both diskettes. Store the two recovery disks together in a safe place. 16.
  • Page 25 Installation Guide Configuring the drive for Windows NT 4.0 Your HP Colorado 5GB tape drive can be successfully installed with Windows NT 4.0. Use the backup application that is part of the standard Windows NT 4.0 setup. Simply install the tape drive’s driver files by following the directions below.
  • Page 26 Click here to view the CD’s contents. 6. Click on the Install button. Follow the instructions on the screen. 7. You are prompted to install the HP Colorado 5GB external driver files. Click on Yes. 8. When prompted to restart your computer, click on Yes.
  • Page 27 Sometimes just reconnecting a cable aligns it correctly or adjusts the pin connections, fixing a faulty connection. If you have a printer connected to the HP Colorado 5GB tape drive, turn off the computer’s power. Disconnect the tape drive and the printer.
  • Page 28 Check the read-me file on the software installation CD that came with your tape drive or the HP web site (see page 46) for any late- breaking troubleshooting information. Achieving optimal performance Run SCANDISK.EXE and DEFRAG.EXE on your hard drive before using...
  • Page 29 DO NOT connect the tape drive to the printer (parallel) port. On these models, connecting an external storage device, such as the HP Colorado 5GB drive, to the parallel port will damage the port. Contact your computer manufacturer for more information.

  • Page 30: Using Tapes And Caring For Your Drive

    350, 700, 1400; Trakker 250 or 350; T1000; or T3000 tape drive. The following section explains how to insert your tapes. Please note the differences between the HP Colorado 5GB cartridge and the standard mini-data cartridge when they are fully inserted.

  • Page 31: Inserting A Tape

    Note the differences between the two cartridge types when they are fully inserted. HP Colorado 5GB C4429 or Travan cartridge Colored strip Metal base plate on tape Approximately 1”...

  • Page 32: Removing A Tape

    You do not need to perform any routine maintenance on the HP Colorado 5GB tape drive. CAUTION: Do NOT clean the read/write head of an HP Colorado 5GB tape drive. CAUTION: Do NOT degauss or demagnetize the read/write head of an HP...

  • Page 33: Technical Information

    Technical Information Minimum System Requirements Hardware Requirements Your computer must meet or exceed these requirements: An IBM-compatible computer (486/16 MHz class or higher for DOS and Windows 3.1, 486/25 MHz class or higher for Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0). A parallel port.

  • Page 34: Colorado Backup For Dos Requirements

    Installation Guide Colorado Backup for DOS Requirements Installing Colorado Backup for DOS requires: DOS 5.0 or higher. To identify your version, type at the DOS prompt and press ENTER A minimum of 512 KB of conventional memory. Performance is likely to improve with more available memory. To check free memory, type at the DOS prompt and press .

  • Page 35: Colorado Backup For Windows 95 Requirements

    Technical Information Colorado Backup for Windows 95 Requirements Installing Colorado Backup for Windows 95 requires: Windows 95 8 MB of RAM 20 MB of available hard drive space (15 MB for the software and an additional 5 MB of space for operations overhead). To check available hard drive space, double-click on My computer;...

  • Page 36: What Affects Performance

    If that doesn’t work you can also install a faster parallel port. I/O and IRQ. The IRQ (interrupt request level) and I/O (input/output) base address are the computer resources used by the parallel port. The HP Colorado 5GB tape drive will have better performance on a parallel port...

  • Page 37: Drive Specifications

    Data transfer rate: up to 648 KBps Tape speed, Read/write: up to 102 inches per second Search/rewind: 120 inches per second Load time: 15 seconds Tape Format HP Colorado 5GB Number of tracks: 73 Bit density: 67,733 Encoding method: RLL1,7 Error Correction: 6-level Reed-Solomon...
  • Page 38 Installation Guide Reliability Specifications Hard error rate: <1 in 10 bits read with Reed-Solomon ECC Mean time between failure: 250,000 hours predicted Warranty: 2-year limited warranty Power Requirements Tape drive: +16 Vdc @ 1.3 A Power supply: 100-240 VAC, 50/60 Hz, 1.0 A Specified Operating Temperature Minimum: 0 degrees C (32 degrees F) Maximum: 35 degrees C (95 degrees F)

  • Page 39: Fcc Declaration Of Conformity

    73/23/EEC and the EMC directive 89/336/EEC and carries the “CE” mark accordingly. August 01, 1997 Richard Spangler, Quality Manager European contact: Your local Hewlett-Packard Sales and Service Office or Hewlett-Packard GmbH, Department HP-TRE, Herrenberger Straβe 130, D-71034 Böblingen (FAX: +49-7031-143143).
  • Page 40 PRODUCT, YOU MAY RETURN THE ENTIRE UNUSED PRODUCT FOR A FULL REFUND. HP SOFTWARE LICENSE TERMS License Grant. HP grants you a license to Use multiple copies of the Software but only for Use in conjunction with the HP hardware product that accompanied the Software. “Use”...

  • Page 41: Hewlett-Packard Limited Warranty Statement

    3. HP does not warrant that the operation of HP products will be uninterrupted or error free. If HP is unable, within a reasonable time, to repair or replace any product to a condition as warranted, you will be entitled to a refund of the purchase price upon prompt return of the product.

  • Page 42: Returning Your Drive

    Installation Guide Returning Your Drive All countries other than the USA: If your Hewlett-Packard product requires repair or replacement, call Customer Support at the phone number listed on page 47 of this guide to receive instructions. In the USA: If your Hewlett-Packard product requires repair or replacement, follow these instructions: Call the number listed on page 47.
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  • Page 45: Customer Support Services

    Customer Support Services Support for Colorado Backup by Computer Associates Software For questions about installing or using the Colorado Backup software: World Wide Web ... . .http://www.cheyenne.com/Colorado/ Bulletin board (8,N,1,F, 1200-28.8K baud) USA.

  • Page 46: Support For Your Tape Drive

    If you are having trouble using the software, see the previous page. If you need help with your tape drive, your local reseller has the latest information regarding HP products and services and can provide support under HP's comprehensive menu of reseller services. If your reseller is not able to help, you can obtain support from HP directly either through free 24-hours/day interactive electronic services or by telephone (free during warranty).
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