Solved HP Colorado 20GB need drivers for Windows 7

[izabeL]

So im in class right now and I need to install a HP Colorado 20GB external tape drive on Win7.. i've been looking for HOURS and can't find drivers that seems to work...


HELP

 

[bassfisher6522]

Have you checked here....

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...askId=135&prodTypeId=12169&prodSeriesId=63935

 

[izabeL]

... of course I did. As you can see there is nothing after windows NT..

not even XP drivers..

Which is why i posted here? I've been looking for 2hours +

 

[bassfisher6522]

After checking HP's link I provided it seems that there are no windows 7 drivers. You could try using one of the other drivers and install using compatibility mode.

 

[izabeL]

Doesnt work. Already tried.

 

[bassfisher6522]

When installing the device does windows 7 see the device at all. It may use some generic driver to allow you to use the device.

 

[bassfisher6522]

Other than that, you would need to contact HP directly and see what they say.

 

[izabeL]

It doenst detect the device at all, but it is possible as other students succeded in the past.

 

[richnrockville]

Izabel, welcome to the windows 7 forum.

Something tells me that your 20Gig tape drive is an ancient tape drive and won't have any drivers available for xp or greater. I don't believe they even make hard disks of 20gigs and lower thesedays. Is there some special reason that you want to hook up a 20gig tape drive? I am guessing that you have some old data or programs on tapes that you need to get to.????
You might want to install a copy of windows NT on an old machine and then the drivers will work and you can retrieve your data/programs.
Other than that, it is probably time for an appropriate funeral

Rich

 

[izabeL]

Im at school right now and they asked us to do this as homework. Other students have installed it on XP Vista and 7 in the past. I just cant seem to figure out how :/

 

[richnrockville]

Izabel, what kind of interface does it have? USB? or serial, ide or what?

Rich

 

[izabeL]

serial

 

[richnrockville]

Izabel, Something tells me that you have to setup the serial port before you can use a driver, The serial port used by most systems is com1:

Serial ports are not like USB ports and notice when you plug something into them. You first have to activate it with a baud rate and some other commands.

Also, some 25 pin connections to your computer could be a parallel port which are normally a female 25 pin on your computer whereas serial are either 9 pin or 25 pin male ports.

What kind of cable is on your tape drive.??
is it a 25 pin? and is the plug side male or female?

Rich

 

[caperjack]

Im at school right now and they asked us to do this as homework. :/

ah ,homework ,that what i wished i would have done more of when i was in school ,no such thing a internet when i was in school,maybe i would have graded more often had there been .lol