Verifying Drive Operation - Dell PowerVault LTO-5-140 Storage User Manual

Windows 2008 32 bit: d:\Drivers\Windows 2008 32bit x86\ Windows6.0-KB971650-x86.msu
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Windows 2008 x64: d:\Drivers\Windows 2008 x64\ Windows6.0-KB971650-x64.msu
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Windows7: No Microsoft Hotfix or device driver is needed, proceed to Step 5
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5. Double-click the installation file and follow the instructions.
Windows 2003: Right-click My Computer on the Windows desktop, then select manage; Device Manager
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Windows 2008: Right-click My Computer on the Windows desktop, then select: manage; Diagnostics; Device Manager
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6. Click Scan for Hardware Changes.
7. The drive is now ready to use and should appear here: Tape Drives; Device Manager. If not, expand Other Devices in the Device Manager list. Locate and
right-click the tape drive, and select Update Driver Software. When this completes, select Search automatically for the updated driver software. The drive
will appear under Tape Drives after the automatic update completes.

Verifying Drive Operation

After you install the drive hardware, verify that it is functioning properly before you store your valuable data. Turn on the system. For external drives, turn on the drive
before you turn on the system.
The tape drive will run its POST, which checks all hardware except for the drive head. The single-character display will present a series of random characters, and then
become blank (not lit). The fault LED will flash once, then the Ready/Activity LED will turn on solid.
Verify that the tape drive installation was successful. Following the instructions given with your Tape Backup Software application, write test data to a tape, read the
test data from the tape, and compare the data read from the tape with the original data on disk.
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