Tape Backup Units Supported by the Windows 98 Backup Program

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The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition

SUMMARY

This article lists the tape backup units supported by the Microsoft Backup program included with Windows 98.

MORE INFORMATION

The Backup program included with Windows 98 supports the following tape backup units:

8mm
3010 and 3010 Wide
3020 and 3020 Wide
DAT (DDS1 and 2)
DC 6000
DLT
QIC 80 and 80 Wide
TR1,2,3 and 4 (Travan)
Removable media (floppy disks, Iomega Jaz or SyQuest cartridges)

You can use the Backup program included with Windows 98 to restore a backup that you made using the Backup utility included with Windows 95, but you cannot restore a backup that you made using the MS-DOS Backup utility included with MS-DOS 6.x or earlier.

NOTE: The Backup program included with Windows 98 may work with other tape backup units that are not listed in this article.

The third-party products discussed here are manufactured by vendors independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding these products' performance or reliability.

REFERENCES

For additional information about the Microsoft Backup program included with Windows 98, please see Chapter 27, "General Troubleshooting" in the Microsoft Windows 98 Resource Kit.

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