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3. Run the Install Assistant program, if you have not already done so (see

page 3).

4. Remove the Install Assistant diskette.

5. Turn OFF your computer, monitor, and other devices.

Unplug the power cables from the wall outlet or from the power strip, if
you use one. (The power plug and outlet may look different in your
country.)

6. Remove the cover from your computer.

WARNING: Be careful of any sharp edges that may be present inside your
computer.

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).

See your computer’s
manual if you need help
removing the cover.

Computer OFF

Summary of Contents for Colorado 5GB C4354A

Page 1: ...lling Colorado Backup for Windows 95 30 Configuring the drive for Windows NT 4 0 34 If You Have Problems 34 Chapter 4 Using Tapes and Caring for Your Tape Drive Choosing Tapes for Your Tape Drive 37 Inserting Tapes 39 Removing Tapes 40 Caring for Your Tape Drive 41 Chapter 5 Technical Information Minimum System Requirements 42 Colorado Backup for DOS Requirements 43 Colorado Backup for Windows Req...

Page 2: ...d verify data Recover from a hard drive crash Windows 95 If the Colorado Backup software has already been installed from the Start menu select Programs Colorado Backup User s Guide to view the electronic User s Guide You can also view the User s Guide on the CD To do this insert the Software Installation CD click on Start Run type D SETUP where D is your CD ROM s drive letter then click on the Use...

Page 3: ...ost 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 Exit to the DOS prompt type A ASSIST where A is the floppy drive letter and press ENTER For Windows 95 and NT 4 0 Click the Start button on the task bar select Run type A ASSIST where A is the floppy drive letter and click on OK 3 Run the Instal...

Page 4: ...E controllers CAUTION The discharge of static electricity can damage electronic circuitry You can avoid static discharge by touching a grounded metal object such as your computer s case before and during installation of hardware inside your computer or by wearing a grounding strap 2 Make sure you have the items shown below Installation Guide HP Colorado Software Screws OPTIONAL Data Cable you may ...

Page 5: ... look different in your country 6 Remove the cover from your computer WARNING Be careful of any sharp edges that may be present inside your computer 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...

Page 6: ...rive in a larger half height drive bay skip this step If you are installing the tape drive in the smaller 1 inch drive bay remove and discard the mounting bracket from the tape drive The smaller drive bay configuration without mounting brackets is illustrated in the remaining steps of this guide Available half height drive bay Available 1 inch drive bay See your computer s manual if you need help ...

Page 7: ...you need to move the jumper Slave Check the back of your tape drive and make sure the jumper is on the center location Slave SL or Master Check the back of your tape drive and make sure the jumper is on the right hand location Master MA Don t use CS Cable Select Don t use CS Cable Select Green circuit board is the top of the drive This is a jumper This is a jumper Back view of the tape drive ...

Page 8: ... your computer manufacturer BEFORE inserting the tape drive You may already have what you need from step 8 12 If there is not much room around the back of the tape drive it may be better to wait until step 17 to complete this step Secure the drive into the bay using the screws included if installing in the large drive bay use the silver screws 6 32 x 1 4 screws if installing in the small drive bay...

Page 9: ... Install Assistant The first two IDE controllers Primary and Secondary are usually on the mother board of the computer The third fourth or fifth IDE controller may be located on an expansion card or sound board and may not be labeled See your computer s manual if you need Computer manufacturers use a wide variety of labels for IDE controllers Look on your computer s circuit boards for tiny printin...

Page 10: ...r device must be configured as Master Similarly if the HP tape drive is configured as Master the other device must be configured as Slave CAUTION Make sure that you are attaching the cable correctly You must locate PIN 1 on each connector and attach the cable so that the edge with the color stripe is aligned with PIN 1 If the cable is attached incorrectly your computer may not boot up PIN 1 The ca...

Page 11: ...led in your computer DO NOT swap connectors The OPTIONAL data cable that came with the tape drive is only used instead if there is no spare connector for the tape drive on your cable or your cable is not long enough Colored stripe aligned with IDE controller Colored stripe aligned with Follow the data cable already attached to the in your each PIN 1 PIN 1 PIN 1 computer to locate the IDE controlle...

Page 12: ...wer connector you will need to purchase a Y power cable that expands one power connector into two Call your local computer hardware vendor to purchase one 16 Plug the power cable into the back of the tape drive with the beveled edge up 17 If you skipped inserting the screws to secure the drive into the bay do it now see step 12 Beveled edge Beveled edge up ...

Page 13: ...run the Install Assistant again to verify that the tape drive is installed correctly For DOS and Windows 3 1 Exit to the DOS prompt type A ASSIST where A is your floppy drive letter and press ENTER For Windows 95 and NT 4 0 Click on the Start button on the task bar click on Run type A ASSIST where A is your floppy drive letter and click on OK 20 Run the Install Assistant program and select Test if...

Page 14: ... may not have a connector attached for access to the IDE controller Now your computer won t boot up Turn off and unplug your computer Double check each connector along the data cable look for and straighten any bent pins The connectors are inserted properly when all pins are covered up and the colored stripe on the side of the data cable lines up with PIN 1 of each connector Is the power cable att...

Page 15: ...y after that These programs improve access times to the hard drive which will help improve the tape drive s performance Checking for resource conflicts In rare cases your computer s IDE controller may be having a resource conflict where another device is trying to use the IDE controller s I O base address or interrupt request channel IRQ To check for this type of conflict In Windows 95 right click...

Page 16: ...34 The Colorado Backup software for DOS Windows 3 1 and Windows 95 and the Windows NT applet have the following interchangeability CAUTION If you create backups under more than one operating system use a separate set of tapes for each operating system Label each tape appropriately You created the backup using You can restore backups using Colorado Backup for DOS ver 5 0 Colorado Backup for Windows...

Page 17: ...ot install Colorado Backup for DOS 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 on page 30 1 Install the tape drive as described in Chapter 1 Installing the Hardware on page 4 The drive must be installed before continuing 2 Refer to the printout from the Install Assist...

Page 18: ...ress 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 Highlight here and press ENTER for information about how to view the online user s guide ...

Page 19: ... 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 Select OK The following screen appears Highlight here and press ENTER Highlight here and press ENTER ...

Page 20: ...devices Drive Jumper Setting Two devices can be attached to each IDE controller one device set to Master and one device set to Slave The following screen appears 11 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 wi...

Page 21: ...reen appears indicating that the software installation was successful Select OK Colorado Backup automatically closes leaving you at the DOS prompt 14 Remove the software installation CD from your CD ROM drive and store it in a safe place 15 Reboot by pressing CTRL ALT DEL 16 To start the Colorado Backup software at the DOS prompt type CD CBD or the name of the installation directory you entered in...

Page 22: ... how to back up and restore data compare files and use the application s options and features For more information on accessing the User s Guide see Viewing the Online User s Guide on page 2 Menu bar Select menu commands from here 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 Status line Displays a short help message Com...

Page 23: ...e software 2 Refer to the printout from the Install Assistant program that you made AFTER installing the tape drive It will tell you how to configure the tape drive in the following steps 3 Insert the software installation CD into your CD ROM drive If your computer does not have a CD ROM see page 42 4 In Windows open the Program Manager window if it is not already open 5 From the Windows Program M...

Page 24: ...TOEXEC BAT CONFIG SYS WIN INI and SYSTEM INI files Current copies of these files are saved with the extension OLD in the directory indicated in the previous step Click on OK to proceed 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 yo...

Page 25: ...ado 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 Configuration begins with the following dialog box Click on any Help button if you need more information about the displayed dialog box 12 Click on ATAPI tape drive Colorado 8GB or 5GB then ...

Page 26: ... controller one device set to Master and one device set to Slave 14 The Boot Drive dialog box appears prompting you for the drive from which your computer boots starts Make sure the correct drive letter is entered and click on OK 15 A dialog box appears indicating that the software installation was successful and that you must exit Windows and reboot your computer to complete the configuration pro...

Page 27: ... Windows program group The scheduling dialog box appears When turned on the Automated Daily Backup feature creates the following operations Automated Total This operation runs each Monday The tape is erased to make room for a Total backup of all detected local hard drives It then copies all files applications systems files and data files from each detected local hard drive The files on tape are th...

Page 28: ...p m 23 59 if you are using a 24 hour clock appears as the scheduled time for the daily backup 21 Accept the default time or enter the time you prefer to have your backups run automatically Click on OK 22 An explanation of the Automated Daily Backup appears Click on OK An icon labeled Colorado Scheduler appears on your desktop The presence of the icon indicates that the macros will run at their spe...

Page 29: ...ata compare files and use the application s options and features For more information on accessing the User s Guide see Viewing the Online User s Guide on page 2 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 Tape drive icon Labe...

Page 30: ... which your tape drive is attached The Windows 95 registry of a remote computer will not be backed up 1 You will need two formatted 3 5 1 44 MB diskettes labeled Recovery Disk 1 and Recovery Disk 2 to use in step 13 2 Attach the tape drive as described in Chapter 1 Installing the Hardware on page 4 The drive must be attached to install and configure the software 3 Insert the software installation ...

Page 31: ...t Colorado Backup double click on the Colorado Backup icon that appears on your desktop or Click the Start button Highlight Programs Select the Colorado Backup program group Select the Colorado Backup program 10 A registration screen appears Follow the instructions on the screen to register your Colorado Backup software Click here to install the software Click here to make an installation diskette...

Page 32: ... 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 Click on Continue 14 When prompted remove Recovery Disk 1 from the drive and insert the diskette labeled Recovery Disk 2 Click on OK to continue ...

Page 33: ... Colorado Backup window does not appear or you receive an error message see If You Have Problems on page 34 If you are ready to perform tape operations read Using Tapes and Caring for Your Tape Drive on page 37 Read the User s Guide or the online Help to learn how to back up and restore data compare files and use the application s options and features To read the online help while you are using Co...

Page 34: ...ur computer does not have a CD ROM see page 42 7 Click OK 8 A list of tape devices appears Select Hewlett Packard Colorado IDE The necessary files are copied to your system 9 Restart the system when prompted If no services fail the drive is ready to use If services fail please contact our QuickFax service for document 5228 The QuickFax phone numbers are listed on page 54 10 Start the Backup applic...

Page 35: ...page 37 Windows and Windows 95 users If the tape drive icon appears with a red mark through it the software either cannot find the drive at the selected settings or the inserted tape is not compatible Windows 3 x users can click on the tape icon to read the error message Exit the software and restart it If the mark remains try the operation with a different tape If your computer has a power manage...

Page 36: ...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: ...P Colorado 5GB HP Colorado 8GB HP Colorado 4i e C4427A 1 pack TR 3 3 2 GB minicartridge RW R R C4427B 2 pack TR 3 3 2 GB minicartridge RW R R C4427D 5 pack TR 3 3 2 GB minicartridge RW R R C4429A 1 pack HP Colorado 5 0 GB cartridge RW RW RW C4429B 2 pack HP Colorado 5 0 GB cartridge RW RW RW C4429D 5 pack HP Colorado 5 0 GB cartridge RW RW RW C4425A 1 pack TR 4 8 0 GB minicartridge RW RW C4425B 2 ...

Page 38: ...your tapes Please note the differences between the HP Colorado cartridges and the standard mini data cartridge when they are fully inserted CAUTION Do not erase C4425 or C4429 tapes with bulk erasers Magnetic bulk erasing removes tracking reference points that are placed on the tape at the factory Without these points the tapes cannot be read by your tape drive The Erase utility in Colorado Backup...

Page 39: ...e drive s opening and push the tape firmly into the drive You will feel it lock into place After the cartridge is inserted you will hear the sound of the tape being wound back and forth This sound indicates that the tape drive is finding the beginning of the tape determining the tape s length and format and positioning the drive s read write head Metal base plate Tape access window ...

Page 40: ... the computer or firmly bump the tape you will not be able to read the data currently written to the tape Also the tape will not be recordable until it is erased with 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 makes tapes unusable Approximately 1 2 5cm of the ...

Page 41: ...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 Colorado tape drive Damage to your tape drive will result ...

Page 42: ...to install the backup software If you need special rails cables or other accessories to install the tape drive contact your computer manufacturer or local computer hardware vendor to purchase them See the operating system requirements on the following pages If your computer does not have a CD ROM drive You can make installation diskettes by using another computer to which you have access Insert th...

Page 43: ...86 Enhanced mode To verify your version and mode from the Program Manager open the Help menu then select About Program Manager The software version is listed and 386 Enhanced Mode must appear in the box 4 MB of RAM in Windows 3 1 8 MB of RAM in Windows for Workgroups 10 MB of available hard drive space 5 MB for the software and an additional 5 MB of space for operations overhead To check available...

Page 44: ...LAN Installation When using Colorado Backup on a LAN the tape drive hardware and software must be installed in a workstation Do not install them on the network server For other LAN installation options call the Customer Support phone number listed on page 54 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 Colo...

Page 45: ... IDE Interface Type To use the internal tape drive your computer requires an available connector on an IDE controller Your computer may have a Single FIFO or Dual FIFO IDE controller If it is Single FIFO the tape drive will run 12 25 slower than with a Dual FIFO IDE controller Insert the Install Assistant diskette run ASSIST EXE S to see an evaluation of your computer system Hard Drive If you atta...

Page 46: ...es per second Load time 15 seconds Tape Format QIC 3095 Number of tracks 73 Bit density 67 733 Encoding method RLL1 7 Error Correction 6 level Reed Solomon Interface ATAPI Reliability Specifications Hard error rate 1 in 1015 bits read with Reed Solomon ECC Mean time between failure 250 000 hours predicted Warranty 2 year limited warranty Power Requirements 5 Vdc 0 7 A 12 Vdc 1 0 A Specified Operat...

Page 47: ... User s manual statement for VCCI class B product Translation for VCCI class B product This equipment is in the Class B category information technology equipment based on the rules of Voluntary Control Council For Interference by Information Technology Equipment VCCI Although aimed for residential area operation radio interference may be caused when used near a radio or TV receiver Read the instru...

Page 48: ...a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help Information for user CAUTION Changes or modifications of this equipment not expressly approved by Hewlett Packard could result in violation of Part 15 of FCC rules DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY according to ISO IEC Guide 22 and EN 45014 Manufacturer s Name Manufacturer s A...

Page 49: ...tary Information EN60950 1992 A1 1993 A2 1993 A3 1995 EN 55022 1994 Class B EN 50082 1 1992 IEC 801 2 1991 4kV CD 8kV AD IEC 801 3 1984 3V m IEC 801 4 1988 1kV Power Lines 0 5kV Signal Lines ENV 50140 1993 3V m The product herewith complies with the requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 73 23 EEC and the EMC directive 89 336 EEC and carries the CE mark accordingly August 01 1997 Richard Spangl...

Page 50: ...obtained In some jurisdictions HP s consent may not be required for limited disassembly or decompilation Upon request you will provide HP with reasonably detailed information regarding any disassembly or decompilation You may not decrypt the Software unless decryption is a necessary part of the operation of the Software Transfer Your license will automatically terminate upon any transfer of the So...

Page 51: ...nt to new in performance or may have been subject to incidental use 5 Warranty does not apply to defects resulting from a improper or inadequate maintenance or calibration b software interfacing parts or supplies not supplied by HP c unauthorized modification or misuse d operation outside of the published environmental specifications for the product or e improper site preparation or maintenance 6 ...

Page 52: ...ox and in the box along with your name and address All product returns must have an accompanying return authorization number To ensure timely and accurate processing of your return the number must be clearly printed on the outside of the box Use the appropriate address for your location A traceable shipping method is recommended The postage shipping and insurance charges incurred in shipping to He...

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Page 55: ...er referral 970 635 1500 Canada for French speaking customers pour assistance en français 1 800 387 3867 During warranty period Technical support 970 635 1500 After warranty period charges begin only when you connect to a Support Technician prices are subject to change without notice Technical Support 800 810 0130 Per incident fee of 25 US dollars charged to Visa MasterCard or American Express U S...

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