Bob Willard
December 6th 03, 11:49 PM
Roger Lee wrote:
> I have an HP Surestore DAT24e tape drive attached to an
> Adaptec 19160 SCSI card, working fine in a Windows 98 PC.
> I am trying to move them to a Windows XP machine. Windows
> XP happily installed the SCSI card, but the tape drive is
> not recognised. If I try the Add Hardware wizard I get as
> far as a message "Windows could not load the installer
> for TapeController. Contact your hardware vendor for
> assistance."
>
> Adaptec say it must be the HP tape drive. HP say it must
> be Windows. I'm lost (I'm just a humble accountant!).
>
> Any ideas? What is a "tape controller", as opposed to a
> tape drive, anyway?
>
> Thakns
>
> Roger Lee
Long long ago, when tape drives typically weighed a few hundred
pounds and tape controllers also weighed a few hundred pounds,
they were separate entities. These days, the controller is
(almost always) integrated with the tape drive. The adapter (the
19160 is your case) is still separate.
Start with the Hardware Compatibility List for XP, and see if
the HP Surestore DAT24e tape drive is supported under XP; there
may be two versions, one for SCSI and one for IDE, so make sure
you get the right version.
If it is on the HCL, then the driver (and associated bits) are
probably on the XP CD -- if you have a real (OEM or retail) CD;
if you only have a recovery CD, then you may have to find the
XP driver stuff on HP's website.
--
Cheers, Bob
> I have an HP Surestore DAT24e tape drive attached to an
> Adaptec 19160 SCSI card, working fine in a Windows 98 PC.
> I am trying to move them to a Windows XP machine. Windows
> XP happily installed the SCSI card, but the tape drive is
> not recognised. If I try the Add Hardware wizard I get as
> far as a message "Windows could not load the installer
> for TapeController. Contact your hardware vendor for
> assistance."
>
> Adaptec say it must be the HP tape drive. HP say it must
> be Windows. I'm lost (I'm just a humble accountant!).
>
> Any ideas? What is a "tape controller", as opposed to a
> tape drive, anyway?
>
> Thakns
>
> Roger Lee
Long long ago, when tape drives typically weighed a few hundred
pounds and tape controllers also weighed a few hundred pounds,
they were separate entities. These days, the controller is
(almost always) integrated with the tape drive. The adapter (the
19160 is your case) is still separate.
Start with the Hardware Compatibility List for XP, and see if
the HP Surestore DAT24e tape drive is supported under XP; there
may be two versions, one for SCSI and one for IDE, so make sure
you get the right version.
If it is on the HCL, then the driver (and associated bits) are
probably on the XP CD -- if you have a real (OEM or retail) CD;
if you only have a recovery CD, then you may have to find the
XP driver stuff on HP's website.
--
Cheers, Bob