Q124730: Tape Backup Units Supported in Windows 95

Article: Q124730
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): Win2000:95
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): win95
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SUMMARY
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This article lists the tape backup units supported by the Windows 95 Backup
program.

MORE INFORMATION
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The Windows 95 Backup program supports the following tape backup units:

- QIC 40, QIC 80, and QIC 3010 tape drives made by the following companies, and
  connected to the primary floppy disk controller:

     Colorado Memory Systems (CMS)
     Conner
     IOmega
     Wangtek (only in "hardware phantom mode" or "Drive B sharing mode")

- CMS QIC 40, QIC 80, and QIC 3010 tape drives connected to a parallel port.

The following items are not compatible with Backup:

- Drives connected to a secondary floppy disk controller or to an accelerator
  card.

- Archive drives.

- Irwin AccuTrak tapes.

- Irwin drives.

- Mountain drives.

- QIC Wide tapes (Backup supports QIC Wide drives using QIC 80 tapes).

- QIC 3020 drives.

- SCSI tape drives.

- Summit drives.

- Tape drive controllers of any type.

- Travan drives.

Note that some floppy-controller-driven tape backup units require firmware
revisions to work properly with the Windows 95 Backup program.


REFERENCES
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For additional information about tape backup units supported by Backup, view the
"Tape drives that are compatible with Backup" online Help topic in Backup
(BACKUP.EXE) Help.


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Keywords          : win95 
Technology        : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : Win2000:95

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