DOCUMENT:Q124730  17-DEC-2000  [win95x]
TITLE   :Tape Backup Units Supported in Windows 95
PRODUCT :Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
PROD/VER:Win2000:95
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KEYWORDS:win95

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Windows 95 
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SUMMARY
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This article lists the tape backup units supported by the Windows 95 Backup
program.

MORE INFORMATION
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The Windows 95 Backup program supports the following tape backup units:

 - QIC 40, QIC 80, and QIC 3010 tape drives made by the following companies, and
   connected to the primary floppy disk controller:

      Colorado Memory Systems (CMS)
      Conner
      IOmega
      Wangtek (only in "hardware phantom mode" or "Drive B sharing mode")

 - CMS QIC 40, QIC 80, and QIC 3010 tape drives connected to a parallel port.

The following items are not compatible with Backup:

 - Drives connected to a secondary floppy disk controller or to an accelerator
   card.

 - Archive drives.

 - Irwin AccuTrak tapes.

 - Irwin drives.

 - Mountain drives.

 - QIC Wide tapes (Backup supports QIC Wide drives using QIC 80 tapes).

 - QIC 3020 drives.

 - SCSI tape drives.

 - Summit drives.

 - Tape drive controllers of any type.

 - Travan drives.

Note that some floppy-controller-driven tape backup units require firmware
revisions to work properly with the Windows 95 Backup program.


REFERENCES
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For additional information about tape backup units supported by Backup, view the
"Tape drives that are compatible with Backup" online Help topic in Backup
(BACKUP.EXE) Help.


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