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AndyTh's avatar
AndyTh
Level 3
15 years ago

Seagate Hornet Travan NS and Windows XP

Sorry if this is dumb but I have been beatin my self up all day tring to get this to work. The deal is that I don't use this drive or back up and more but have some old info that I need of tapes made ...
Backup and Recovery
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  • lyon's avatar
    lyon
    15 years ago
    1. Buy the version of Seagate Backup Exec that works on XP, or
    2. Install the tape drive in a Win95/98 machine and use the old Backup Exec software.  You can network the PCs together to pull the files from the tape to the XP machine.  A little awkward but it works.  But then you have extra computers laying around - if you don't then maybe option 1 would be cheaper for you. 

    Lyon
CraigV's avatar
CraigV
Moderator
15 years ago
Hi Andy,

Download a trial version of Backup Exec 12.5, install it on that workstation and restore the files like that. You will have to inventory and catalog that tape before restoring though.

You can get it from here:

https://www4.symantec.com/Vrt/offer?a_id=51791

It is a free 60-day trial license.
What you haven't said is the version you're trying to restore from...?

Laters!