JT> I recently installed Win95 on my machine and dusted off and installed the 
copy
  > of HP Backup for Win 95 v1.01 that came with the Colorado Jumbo 350 tape 
drive
  > I bought several years ago.  On attempting to back up the Win95 partition 
using
  > this software I find myself unable to do so without thousands of errors 
on the
  > verify stage.  If I select individual files or directories it seems to 
verify
  > OK, but if I try to verify the entire backup set in one fell swoop it 
fails. 
  > In my opinion a backup you can't verify is no better than no backup at 
all.
   Welcome to MicroSoftVille!
JT> HP/Colorado is useless; they no longer support this software and refer 
you to
  > Cheyenne to purchase a new backup program.  I'm not ready to spring for 
this
  > yet.  I'll ditch the Jumbo and buy a decent SCSI unit before I do that.  
Is
  > anyone here familiar with this software and how/if it can be persuaded to 
work
  > properly? And if things got really trashed, how does one restore to a 
blank
  > partition with this software?  It seems almost as if it's necessary to
  > re-install Win95 before you could restore from the tape.  Can this be 
true?
   Yes Virginia, it can and probably is true.
   That "HP" software is actually just a hacked up version of the 
   useless crap that comes with Win95.
   The best thing you can do with it is dump that drive and go to a 
   good SCSI unit. But before you do, check the setup in the Device 
   Manager in the Control Panel for weirdities. I've seen a couple 
   machines where W95 incorrectly identified the bus and/or 
   installed multiple or incorrect drivers for same.
   Also try turning off ALL background applications before running 
   the compare/restore.
                                       LRA
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