DAT tape recovery

[Savary@ScrollTech]

I am trying to restore data from HP dds-2 tapes. The data was backed up using
Windows NT in compressed format with some backup software other than HP Data
Protector Express. We now have Windows XP. I just purchased a HP Storageworks
DAT 40 USB external tape drive to restore this data. However, I cannot access
the tape using either Windows XP "Backup" Utility or HP Data Protector
software came with the tape drive. The tape drive does not seem to recognize
the data. I have tried the Media Import feature of HP Data Protector Express,
but the software is difficult to use and is not intuitive. Please assist.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I am trying to restore data from HP dds-2 tapes. The data was backed up
using
Windows NT in compressed format with some backup software other than HP
Data
Protector Express. We now have Windows XP. I just purchased a HP
Storageworks
DAT 40 USB external tape drive to restore this data. However, I cannot
access
the tape using either Windows XP "Backup" Utility or HP Data Protector
software came with the tape drive. The tape drive does not seem to
recognize
the data. I have tried the Media Import feature of HP Data Protector
Express,
but the software is difficult to use and is not intuitive. Please assist.

Your best bet is probably to restore the old WinNT environment,
preferably on a spare disk, followed by a data restoration from tape.
Keep that spare disk for future reference!

 

[Big Al]

I am trying to restore data from HP dds-2 tapes. The data was backed up using
Windows NT in compressed format with some backup software other than HP Data
Protector Express. We now have Windows XP. I just purchased a HP Storageworks
DAT 40 USB external tape drive to restore this data. However, I cannot access
the tape using either Windows XP "Backup" Utility or HP Data Protector
software came with the tape drive. The tape drive does not seem to recognize
the data. I have tried the Media Import feature of HP Data Protector Express,
but the software is difficult to use and is not intuitive. Please assist.

Even from the days of Jumbo tape drives back in the early Windows 3.1
days, tape and tape software have been a thorn in my back. Can't speak
for a lot of people. I had two software products that I would use the
Jumbo tape drive with, and I always forgot which I used to make the tape.
My experience is both the drive and the software both play into how the
data is written. I know because one software wrote enough of a
directory on the tape than when I wanted 'abc.exe', it knew just exactly
(or within a few winds) where the file was. Where another program had
to read linearly through the tape, taking gobs of time. Both the same
drive, but different software. And I later bought another larger drive
that was compatible with jumbo tapes but I could not read them. I had
to load the drive and software on a backup machine. Pretty much the
first responder's suggestion. Replicate the old machine if possible.

 

[AlmostBob]

A backup system that cannot be read on a randomly chosen generic, is not a
backup,
like many drag n drop CD packet writers that produce disks that can only be
read by the same version of software that wrote them you are in deep doo
when inevitable failure occurs.
When you replicate the Win2000 device and can read the tapes restore the
tapes and copy to a DVD or cd set that can be read, the future risk there
not be hardware on which you CAN replicate the windows2000 system when
something goes wrong.

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