DOCUMENT:Q107392  29-NOV-1993  [W_NT]
TITLE   :Cannot Access Floppies While Using DC2000 Class Tape Drives
PRODUCT :Windows NT
PROD/VER:3.10
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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You are unable to access your floppy disk drives while the tape driver
for your DC 2000 tape drive is running, that is, while Backup is
running. DC 2000 class tape drives are all QIC floppy controller-based
tape drives. Because most drivers for this type of tape drive take
full control of the floppy controller, other processes are not able to
access the floppy disk drives.

To regain access to the floppy drives, close Backup.

Additional reference words: 3.10
KBCategory:
KBSubCategory: ntap devdrvr

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