backup no longer takes dat tape

Hi all,
I have a Seagate DDS-4 DAT tape backup. Backup doesn't list this as an option in the list of destinations for the backup, only HDDs and DVD-Rs. The tape drive is configured in Vista, and shows up as fully operational in Device Manager. Is Microsoft going to stop supporting tape drives in Vista?
-Larry

On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 11:20:09 -0700, "Larry Hodges" wrote:

Hi all,
I have a Seagate DDS-4 DAT tape backup. Backup doesn't list this as an option in the list of destinations for the backup, only HDDs and DVD-Rs. The tape drive is configured in Vista, and shows up as fully operational in Device Manager. Is Microsoft going to stop supporting tape drives in Vista?
-Larry
When I tried using Vista Backup words to the effect of "its not

finished yet" were mentioned, maybe DAT backup will be in the release candidate version. Trying to backup to DVD was also a failure (for me) so I guess it really isn't finished yet. Meanwhile you can back it up with a Acronis or PartImage boot disk, and possibly Norton Ghost 10 if you are lucky.
I tried a PartImage backup and recovery and have ended up doing a reformat but then I think I screwed up the PartImage set up so I am not blaming that one on Vista.
Jonah

"jonah" wrote in message

On Sun, 11 Jun 2006 11:20:09 -0700, "Larry Hodges" 2larry2@2maximizesoftware2.com> wrote:
Hi all,
I have a Seagate DDS-4 DAT tape backup. Backup doesn't list this as an option in the list of destinations for the backup, only HDDs and DVD-Rs. The tape drive is configured in Vista, and shows up as fully operational in Device Manager. Is Microsoft going to stop supporting tape drives in Vista?
-Larry
When I tried using Vista Backup words to the effect of "its not finished yet" were mentioned, maybe DAT backup will be in the release candidate version. Trying to backup to DVD was also a failure (for me) so I guess it really isn't finished yet. Meanwhile you can back it up with a Acronis or PartImage boot disk, and possibly Norton Ghost 10 if you are lucky.
I tried a PartImage backup and recovery and have ended up doing a reformat but then I think I screwed up the PartImage set up so I am not blaming that one on Vista.
Jonah

Thanks. I didn't think they would drop DAT.
-Larry