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Using DOS ................................................................................ 39
System Requirements .................................................................. 39
Software Installation ................................................................... 39
Hardware Configuration ............................................................. 39
Before Backing Up ....................................................................... 41
Using Your Ditto Tape Drive ....................................... 43
General Reference for all Ditto Tape Drives .......................... 43
Parallel Port Tape Drives ............................................................. 43
EPP and 8-Bit Bi-Directional Ports ........................................... 43
Overall Printer Cable Length and Cable Quality .................... 43
Printers and Parallel Port Tape Drives .................................... 43
Internal Tape Drives .................................................................... 43
Removing a Floppy or Other Drive ......................................... 43
Operating Conditions .................................................................. 44
Power Management Compatability Information—Bios Setting
Recommendation ........................................................................ 44
Your Ditto 2GB Tape Drive ...................................................... 45
Inserting and Removing Tapes ................................................... 45
Tape Capacity and Compatibility ................................................ 45
Cleaning Read/Write Head ......................................................... 46
Your Ditto Max Tape Drive ..................................................... 47
Inserting and Removing Tapes ................................................... 47
Tape Capacity ............................................................................... 48
Tape Compatibility ...................................................................... 48
Cleaning the Read/Write Head ................................................... 48
Your Ditto Easy 3200 Tape Drive ............................................ 49
Inserting and Removing Tapes ................................................... 49
Tape Capacity and Compatibility ................................................ 49
Reformatting Tapes ..................................................................... 50
Cleaning Read/Write Head ......................................................... 50
Your Ditto Easy 800 Tape Drive .............................................. 51
Inserting and Removing Tapes ................................................... 51
Tape Capacity and Compatibility ................................................ 51
Reformatting Tapes ..................................................................... 51
Cleaning Read/Write Head ......................................................... 52
Solving Problems ..................................................................... 53
Limited Warranty .................................................................... 55
Contacting Iomega .................................................................. 57