From: "Geo." 

deactivate the drive in device manager, reboot, see if anything complains.

Geo.

"Randy H"  wrote in message
news:3dfcca09{at}w3.nls.net...
> Just uninstalled Retrospect-no joy-Ntbackup can't/won't see the
> tape drive, and I can't do anything with the media in Removeable
> Media Storage.
>
> So now I have a system that, outside of a third-party package, I can't
> backup to tape using the MSFT delivered products.
>
> Now I know why folks use 3rd-party products-they can't trust
> the Microsoft ones to work.
>
>
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:3dfcb1dc{at}w3.nls.net...
> > Maybe dantz's Retrospect?
> >
> > A lot of backup software uses their own tape drivers and lock the device
> for
> > their own use...
> >
> > - Bob Comer
> >
> >
> > "Randy H"  wrote in message
> > news:3dfcaa20$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > ...to make my tape drive invisible to Microsoft's tape backup, but the
> > drive
> > > shows up in the Device Manager and is fully usable by Dantz's
> Retrospect?
> > >
> > > Becuase of this I can't take any ASR snapshot backups to tape.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

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