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Installation Guide
HP Colorado 5GB and 8GB Internal Tape Drives
Viewing the Online User's Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Running the Install Assistant Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Installing the Internal Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
If You Have Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Installing Colorado Backup for DOS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Installing Colorado Backup for Windows 95. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Configuring the drive for Windows NT 4.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
If You Have Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Choosing Tapes for Your Tape Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Inserting Tapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Removing Tapes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Caring for Your Tape Drive. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Minimum System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Colorado Backup for DOS Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Colorado Backup for Windows Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Windows NT 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
LAN Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
What Affects Performance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Drive Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

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  • Page 1: Table Of Contents

    Installation Guide HP Colorado 5GB and 8GB Internal Tape Drives Chapter 1: Getting Started Viewing the Online User’s Guide ......2 Running the Install Assistant Program .

  • Page 2: Chapter 1: Getting Started

    Chapter 1: Getting Started This Installation Guide shows you how to: Run the Install Assistant Install the tape drive in your computer Install the software 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.

  • Page 3: Running The Install Assistant Program

    The Install Assistant program evaluates your computer system and recommends the most successful way to attach your new HP Colorado tape drive. 1. Insert the diskette labeled Run this first! into your floppy drive. 2. For DOS and Windows 3.1:...

  • Page 4: Chapter 2: Installing The Hardware

    2. Make sure you have the items shown below. Installation Guide OPTIONAL Data Cable (you may not need this) Screws Software Installation HP Colorado Install Assistant Tape Drive Program Diskette...
  • Page 5 7. Refer to the printout from the Install Assistant (see page 3). Find the section labeled ADDITIONAL IDE CARD REQUIRED? If NO, skip this step. If YES, follow the directions in the HP Colorado IDE Adapter Card Installation Guide before continuing (contact your local vendor to purchase the card).
  • Page 6 Installation Guide 8. Do you want to install the tape drive in a larger “half-height” drive bay or a smaller “1-inch” drive bay? Remove the cover plate from the desired drive bay. Available half-height drive bay (approx. 6” x 1.75”/15cm x 4.5 cm) Available 1-inch drive bay (approx.
  • Page 7 Installing the Hardware 10. Refer to the printout from the Install Assistant (see page 3). Find the section labeled JUMPER SETTING? Set the jumper as advised. Don’t use CS (Cable Select) Slave Check the back of your tape drive and make sure the jumper is on the center location (Slave-SL).
  • Page 8 Installation Guide 11. Insert the drive into the drive bay. Be careful not to dislodge any cables inside your computer as you do this. WARNING: The drive requires a secure fit. If there is a gap of 1/8 inch (3.2 mm) or more on either side of the drive, you will not be able to secure it.
  • Page 9 Installing the Hardware 13. Refer to the printout from the Install Assistant (see page 3). Find the section labeled WHICH IDE CONTROLLER? TIP: If the Install Assistant stated that your tape drive will share the data cable with another device (such as your CD-ROM), simply follow the cable already attached to that device down to the circuit board in order to locate the IDE controller that you need.
  • Page 10 Follow the instructions on the next page for either “One Device” or “Two Devices” as advised. TIP: If you are sharing the IDE data cable between the HP tape drive and another device, when the HP tape drive is configured as “Slave” the other device must be configured as “Master.”...
  • Page 11 Use the connectors at the two ends of the no spare connector for the tape drive on cable. your cable or your cable is not long enough. PIN-1 PIN-1 HP Colorado tape HP Colorado tape drive (either location drive (end of cable) not in use) PIN-1...
  • Page 12 Installation Guide 15. Locate your computer’s power supply. Find an unused power cable leading from the power supply. NOTE: If you do not have an available power connector, you will need to purchase a Y-power cable that Beveled expands one power connector into edge two.
  • Page 13 Installing the Hardware 18. Replace your computer's cover. Computer ON Plug your computer, monitor, and other devices into a wall outlet or power strip and turn ON your computer. (The power plug and outlet may look different in your country.) TIP: If the drive is sharing the IDE controller with another device, confirm that the other device is still working properly.

  • Page 14: If You Have Problems

    (middle/end) is very important. What is wrong with sharing an IDE data cable with my hard drive? The HP Colorado tape drive would run up to 25% slower since it has to take turns with your hard drive during a backup.
  • Page 15 Turn off and unplug your computer. Make sure that the power cables are securely attached to both devices. If you are sharing the IDE data cable between the HP tape drive and another device, did you change the data-cable (middle/end)

  • Page 16: Chapter 3: Installing The Software

    Chapter 3: Installing the Software Installing the Software for Your Operating System Your Colorado Backup software installation CD includes the files for installing the backup software for DOS, Windows, and Windows 95. Your tape drive can also be configured to work with Windows NT 4.0. Select the environment you work in and turn to the appropriate section for installation instructions: DOS —...

  • Page 17: Installing Colorado Backup For Dos

    Installing the Software NOTE: If your computer has a power-management feature that shuts off your computer after a specified period of time since the last keyboard input, you may experience problems with certain operations that exceed the time limit. Turn off the power-management feature when performing a long running operation such as a total or full-system backup.
  • Page 18 Installation Guide The following screen appears: 5. 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 19 Installing the Software 6. Select Install Colorado Backup for DOS. The following screen appears: Highlight here and press ENTER. 7. Select Colorado 8GB, Colorado 5GB, T4000s and press ENTER The following screen appears: 8. 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 20 Installation Guide 9. Highlight IDE and select OK. The following screen appears: Press to move to the next field. Use the RIGHT- ARROW LEFT- keys to ARROW highlight the value to select. When finished, select OK to accept all the displayed settings.
  • Page 21 Installing the Software When all the files have been copied to your hard drive, the following screen appears: 12. If the letter of the drive from which your computer boots is not C:, enter the correct letter. (C: is the most common drive.) Select OK. 13.
  • Page 22 Installation Guide 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 23: Installing Colorado Backup For Windows (3.1 Or 3.11)

    Installing the Software Installing Colorado Backup for Windows (3.1 or 3.11) NOTE: Do not install Colorado Backup for Windows 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 24 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 25 Installing the Software The Colorado Backup files are then copied to the directory indicated in step 9. 11. 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.
  • Page 26 Installation Guide 13. Refer to the printout from the Install Assistant program (see page 13) and set each field as instructed, then click on OK. I/O base address—A location in the computer’s address space used by the IDE controller to communicate between software and hardware devices.
  • Page 27 Installing the Software 18. Click on OK. Colorado Backup for Windows shuts down and you are left in Windows’ Program Manager with the Colorado Backup for Windows program group displayed: Double-click on this icon to start Double-click on Colorado Backup. this icon to backup all files that have...
  • Page 28 Installation Guide compared to the original hard drive files to ensure their accuracy. This provides a complete copy of your hard drive(s) at the time of the backup. 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.
  • Page 29 Installing the Software 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 30: Installing Colorado Backup For Windows 95

    Installation Guide 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 31 Installing the Software 5. Select the desired language or leave the default. Click on Next. The following menu 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.
  • Page 32 Installation Guide 11. The Recovery Disk Creation screen appears: 12. Click on the Create Recovery Disks Now button. The following screen appears: 13. Insert the formatted, 3.5” (1.44 MB) diskette labeled “Recovery Disk #1” into your floppy drive. You must use your primary, or bootable floppy drive.
  • Page 33 Installing the Software 15. Click on Continue. When all the necessary files have been copied to the diskette, the following screen appears: 16. Remove “Recovery Disk #2” from the floppy drive and write protect both diskettes. Store the two recovery disks together in a safe place. 17.

  • Page 34: Configuring The Drive For Windows Nt 4.0

    Installation Guide Configuring the drive for Windows NT 4.0 Your HP Colorado 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. Do not install the Colorado Backup software that came with your tape drive.
  • Page 35 The computer is trying to boot up from the HP Colorado tape drive or receiving “Invalid Media” error message If the computer is trying to boot up the operating system from the HP Colorado tape drive, simply remove the tape from the tape drive when starting up your computer.
  • Page 36 Installation Guide “boot order” settings in your CMOS program. To learn how, see the documentation that came with your computer or call the computer manufacturer.

  • Page 37: Chapter 4: Using Tapes And Caring For Your Tape Drive

    Chapter 4: Using Tapes and Caring for Your Tape Drive Choosing Tapes for Your Tape Drive To ensure the highest level of performance, HP Colorado brand tapes (which have been fully tested with your drive) are recommended. Part No Product...
  • Page 38 350, 700, 1400; Trakker 250, 350, 0r 700; T1000; or T3000 tape drive. The following section explains how to insert your tapes. Please note the differences between the HP Colorado cartridges and the standard mini- data cartridge when they are fully inserted.

  • Page 39: Inserting Tapes

    Using Tapes and Caring for Your Tape Drive Inserting Tapes 1. Hold the tape with the metal base plate down and the tape-access window facing the drive. Tape-access window Metal base plate 2. Align the tape with the tape drive’s opening and push the tape firmly into the drive.

  • Page 40: Removing Tapes

    Colorado Backup’s Erase utility. (Never use a magnetic bulk eraser to erase your HP Colorado tapes. Bulk erasers remove reference points on the tape that are vital. Removing these points...

  • Page 41: Caring For Your Tape Drive

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

  • Page 42: Chapter 5: Technical Information

    Chapter 5: Technical Information Minimum System 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 or 3.11, 486/25 MHz class or higher for Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0). An available space on an IDE controller (ATA-2 or EIDE).

  • Page 43: Colorado Backup For Dos Requirements

    Technical Information 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 44: Colorado Backup For Windows 95 Requirements

    Installation Guide 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 45: What Affects Performance

    Insert the Install Assistant diskette, run ASSIST.EXE /S to see an evaluation of your computer system. Hard Drive. If you attach the HP Colorado tape drive to the same IDE controller as a hard drive, the tape drive will run slower because it must take turns using the data cable with the hard drive.

  • Page 46: Drive Specifications

    Installation Guide Drive Specifications Backup Speed Performance will vary greatly depending on the speed of your system, the current fragmentation of your hard drive, and the number and type of files being backed up. 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...
  • Page 47 Technical Information Canadian Standards Association Information Statement INSTRUCTION TO USER: WARNING: This component is only considered to be approved when installed in CSA certified equipment evaluated to the standards C22.2 No. 220-M1986 or C22.2 No. 950- M89. The operator accessibility into the end use enclosure is defined with strict accordance in the operator's manual for the installation of components into the equipment.

  • Page 48: Declaration Of Conformity

    Manufacturer’s Name: Hewlett-Packard Company 815 SW 14th Street, Building E Manufacturer’s Address: declares that product Loveland, Colorado 80537 Product Name: HP Colorado 5GB internal Product Number: C4354A Product Options: conforms to the following Product Specifications: Safety: EN60950:1992 +A1:1993, +A2:1993, +A3:1995...

  • Page 49: Technical Information

    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 50 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 one copy of the Software. “Use” means storing, loading, installing, executing or displaying the Software. You may not modify the Software or disable any licensing or control features of the Software.
  • Page 51 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 52 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 55 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 55.
  • Page 53 Technical Information...

  • Page 54: Chapter 6: Customer Support Services

    HP products and services and can provide support under HP's comprehensive menu of reseller services. If your reseller is not able to help, or you are having software problems, you can obtain support from HP directly either through free 24-hours/day interactive electronic services or by telephone (free during warranty).
  • Page 55 .........
  • Page 56 Customer Support Services Ireland (English)....... 01 662 55 25 Italy ........02 2 641 0350 Netherlands .

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