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- SEAGATE TAPE DIAGNOSTIC UTILITY VERSION 3.0
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- CONTENTS:
- 1. Loading Windows NT 4.0 tape drivers
- 2. Closing backup applications
- 3. Using full-length/standard tapes
- 4. Long test times on ATAPI drives under Win95/98
- 5. If your drive fails the testing
-
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- 1. Loading Windows NT 4.0 tape drivers
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- For maximum compatibility, the Seagate Tape Diagnostic utility uses the native
- Windows drivers from Microsoft. In Windows 95/98, this is normally not a problem.
- However, in Windows NT 4.0 if the diagnostic software does not detect your tape
- drive, it may be because the proper NT tape driver has not been loaded.
-
- To determine whether the native NT device driver is installed for your specific
- drive, do the following:
- * Open Tape Devices from within your system's Control Panel.
- * Select the Drivers tab. Is the device driver for your tape drive installed?
- If not...
- * Select Add. Two list columns will appear:
- * On the Manufacturers list, select (standard tape drives).
- * On the Tape Drives list, select the appropriate tape device and press OK.
- (See the list below.) Note: You may need your Windows NT CD.
-
- The following Seagate drivers are supported. If the driver you need does not
- appear on your list, you can download it from the Tape Resource CD or
- www.seagate.com/tape, which also includes complete loading instructions.
-
- sttscsi4.sys - Travan SCSI drives
- qic157.sys - Travan ATAPI/IDE drives
- stdat4.sys - DAT drives
- sgteait.sys - AIT drive
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- 2. Closing backup applications
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- Due to Windows architecture, only one software application can access a
- tape drive at a time. Before running the Tape Diagnostic, be sure to close down
- your backup application so that it releases the tape drive. For desktop software
- (Windows 95/98/NT Workstation), simply exit the program. Server software is more
- complicated.
- * On Backup Exec for NT servers, run the file bestop.bat to stop the Windows service.
- To resume the service after using the diagnostic, run bestart.bat. These files are
- located on the Backup Exec 7.0 and 7.2 CDs under \winnt\utils. On Backup Exec 7.3
- and above, they are automatically installed on the system in the Backup Exec directory.
- * On ArcServeIT for NT servers, go into Control Panel and double-click on Services.
- Highlight each ArcServe service, one at a time, and click on Stop. When finished,
- click on Close. To resume the services after using the diagnostic, repeat the
- process, but click on Start for each service.
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- 3. Using full-length/standard tapes
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- The Seagate Tape Diagnostic utility assumes you are using "native" tapes with
- each drive (Travan 8GB with TR-4, 125 meter with DDS-3, etc.). If you use
- other tapes, the error counts and capacity checks will be inaccurate.
-
- 4. Long test times on ATAPI drives under Win95/98
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- In order to guarantee accuracy in testing ATAPI tape drives under Windows 95/98,
- it is necessary for the software to slow down the write process by downshifting
- the tape drive. Please be patient if you are using a large data size on a
- Read-Write test.
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- 5. Troubleshooting tips
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- * Make sure the tape drive is receiving power.
- * Verify that the interface cable is securely attached to both the tape drive
- and the adapter card or computer motherboard.
- * Make sure that any adapter card (such as a SCSI card) is completely inserted
- into the computer system and that jumpers or switches are set correctly.
- * Run the diagnostics that came with the adapter card (the card may not be
- functioning properly).
- * If your drive fails a read-write test, be sure to repeat the test with
- other media and clean the head at least once.
- * Make sure you are using the proper media type (125 meter tape on DDS-3,
- Travan 8GB on TR-4, etc.)
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