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VXA Windows2000/XP/2003 Tape Driver version 1.10.1.1 (05/31/05)
Copyright(C) Exabyte Corp. 1997-2005
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This VXA driver is for use with the VXA-1, VXA-2 and VXA-3 tape
drives and the Microsoft Native backup software on Windows 2000,
Windows XP, Windows 2003.
WARNING:
If you use a commercial backup software package, refer to its
installation instructions. DO NOT install this driver unless
instructed to do so by the software installation instructions.
CONTENTS:
The following information is available in this README file:
1. System requirements
2. Windows2000 Driver Installation
3. Windows2000 Driver Update
4. Removing the driver from Windows2000
5. WindowsXP/2003 Driver Installation
6. WindowsXP/2003 Driver Update
7. Removing the driver from WindowsXP/2003
8. Modifications
9. Troubleshooting
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1. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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Operating Systems:
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP
- Windows 2003
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2. Windows2000 DRIVER INSTALLATION
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1. Boot the machine to Windows2000 with the VXA drive attached
and powered-on. Refer to the Product Manual for the drive for
hardware installation instructions.
2. Click on Start / Settings / Control Panel, then double click
the System icon.
3. Click on the Hardware tab then Click on the Device Manager
button.
4. In the list of devices you will see a category called
"Other Devices". Expand "Other Devices", and you should see
a device with the name of "Ecrix VXA-1", "Exabyte VXA-2", or
"Exabyte VXA-3".
5. Double click on the tape drive to open the Properties window.
6. Click the Driver tab on the Properties dialog and click the
"Update Driver..." button.
7. The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard appears. Click Next.
8. Choose the second radio button, which says
"Display a list of known drivers so that I can choose a
specific driver". Click Next.
9. The Hardware Type window will be displayed. Select
"Tape drives" from the hardware type list, and click the
Next button to continue.
10. At the "Select a Device Driver" window, click the HAVE DISK
button.
11. At the "Install from Disk" window, click the BROWSE button.
12. At the "Locate File" window, browse to the directory where
you have downloaded and extracted the driver. Select the
OPEN button and the OK button to confirm the directory path.
13. At the "Select a Device Driver" window, select the
VXA drive product name from the list shown. Click the
NEXT button.
14. An "Update Driver Warning" may be displayed. If it is,
select the YES button to continue.
15. At the "Start Device Driver Installation" window, click
the NEXT button to continue with driver installation. Then
click on the FINISH button to close the wizard.
16. The VXA tape driver is now installed. The VXA tape drive
should be listed under Tape devices in the Device Manager
window.
17. Reboot the system.
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3. Windows2000 DRIVER UPDATE
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If you have already installed a previous version of the VXA
driver for Windows2000 and want to update to the latest version,
use these steps:
1. Boot the machine to Windows2000 with the VXA drive attached
and powered-on. Refer to the Product Manual for the drive for
hardware installation instructions.
2. Click on Start / Settings / Control Panel, then double click
the System icon.
3. Click on the Hardware tab then Click on the Device Manager
button.
4. In the list of devices you will see a category called
"Tape drives". Expand "Tape drives", and you should see a
device with the name of "Ecrix VXA-1", "Exabyte VXA-2", or
"Exabyte VXA-3".
5. Double click on the tape drive to open the Properties window.
6. Click the Driver tab on the Properties dialog and click
"Update Driver..." button.
7. The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard appears. Click Next.
8. Choose the second radio button, which says
"Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)".
Click Next.
9. Choose the second radio button, which says
"Don't search. I will choose the driver to install."
Click Next.
10. At the "Select a Device Driver" window, click the HAVE DISK
button.
11. At the "Install from Disk" window, click the BROWSE button.
12. At the "Locate File" window, browse to the directory where
you have downloaded and extracted the driver. Select the
OPEN button and the OK button to confirm the directory path.
13. At the "Select a Device Driver" window, select the
VXA drive product name from the list shown. Click the
NEXT button.
14. An "Update Driver Warning" may be displayed. If it is,
select the YES or "Continue Anyway" button to continue.
15. At the "Start Device Driver Installation" window, click
the NEXT button to continue with driver installation. Then
click on the FINISH button to close the wizard.
16. The VXA tape driver is now installed. The VXA tape drive
should be listed under Tape devices in the Device Manager
window.
17. Reboot the system.
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4. REMOVING THE DRIVER FROM Windows2000
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If you have already installed the VXA driver for Windows2000
and want to remove it from the system, use these steps:
1. Boot the machine to Windows2000 with the VXA drive attached
and powered-on.
2. Click on Start / Settings / Control Panel, then double click
the System icon.
3. Click on the Hardware tab then Click on the Device Manager
button.
4. In the list of devices you will see a category called
"Tape drives". Expand "Tape drives", and you should see a
device with the name of "Ecrix VXA-1", "Exabyte VXA-2", or
"Exabyte VXA-3".
5. Right click the tape device and select Uninstall. At the
Confirm Device Removal dialog, click OK.
6. Right click on Start, and choose Explore.
7. Go to the \WINNT\INF directory.
8. Look for files called OEM*.INF. Open each OEM*.INF file and
look for "VXA.INF" at the top of the file. When you have
found an OEM*.INF file with "VXA.INF", take note of the name
of the file. For example, "OEM6.INF".
9. Close the file. Delete the OEM*.INF file for VXA and delete
its corresponding OEM.PNF file as well. For example, if the
file called OEM6.INF is for VXA, delete both the OEM6.INF and
OEM6.PNF files.
10. In Explorer, go to the \WINNT\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS directory.
Find the file called vxa*.sys and delete it. The file may
be called vxa.sys, vxa32.sys, or vxa64.sys.
11. Reboot the system.
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5. WindowsXP/2003 DRIVER INSTALLATION
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1. Boot the machine to WindowsXP/2003 with the VXA drive attached
and powered-on. Refer to the Product Manual for the drive for
hardware installation instructions.
2. Click on Start / Settings / Control Panel, then double click
the System icon.
3. Click on the Hardware tab, then Click on the Device Manager
button.
4. In the list of devices you will see a category called
"Other Devices". Expand "Other Devices", and you should see
a device with the name of "Ecrix VXA-1", "Exabyte VXA-2",
or "Exabyte VXA-3".
5. Double click on the tape device to open the Properties window.
6. Click the Driver tab on the Properties window and click the
"Update Driver..." button.
7. If the Hardware Update Wizard prompts "Can Windows connect to
Windows Update to search for software?", select "No, not this
time". Click Next.
8. At the "What do you want the wizard to do?" prompt,
Choose the second radio button, which says
"Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)"
Click Next.
9. At the "Please choose your search and installation options"
prompt, choose the second radio button, which says
"Don't search. I will choose the driver to install".
Click Next.
10. The Hardware Type window will be displayed. Select
"Tape drives" from the hardware type list, and click the Next
button to continue.
11. At the "Select a Device Driver" window, click the HAVE DISK
button.
12. At the "Install from Disk" window, click the BROWSE button.
13. At the "Locate File" window, browse to the directory where
you have downloaded and extracted the driver. You will see
a file called vxa.inf. Select the OPEN button and the OK
button to confirm the directory path.
14. At the "Select a Device Driver" window, select the
VXA drive product name from the list shown. Click the
NEXT button.
15. A warning may be displayed that the driver has not passed
Windows Logo testing. If it is, select the CONTINUE ANYWAY
button to continue.
16. Click on the FINISH button to close the wizard.
17. The VXA tape driver is now installed. The VXA tape drive
should be listed under Tape drives in the Device Manager
window.
18. Reboot the system.
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6. WindowsXP/2003 DRIVER UPDATE
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If you have already installed a previous version of the VXA
driver for WindowsXP/2003 and want to update to the latest
version, use these steps:
1. Boot the machine to WindowsXP/2003 with the VXA drive attached
and powered-on. Refer to the Product Manual for the drive for
hardware installation instructions.
2. Click on Start / Settings / Control Panel, then double click
the System icon.
3. Click on the Hardware tab then Click on the Device Manager
button.
4. In the list of devices you will see a category called
"Tape drives". Expand "Tape drives", and you should see a
device with the name of "Ecrix VXA-1", "Exabyte VXA-2",
or "Exabyte VXA-3".
5. Double click on the tape device to open the Properties window.
6. Click the Driver tab on the Properties window and click the
"Update Driver..." button.
7. If the Hardware Update Wizard prompts "Can Windows connect to
Windows Update to search for software?", select "No, not this
time". Click Next.
8. At the "What do you want the wizard to do?" prompt,
Choose the second radio button, which says
"Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)"
Click Next.
9. At the "Please choose your search and installation options"
prompt, choose the second radio button, which says
"Don't search. I will choose the driver to install".
Click Next.
10. At the "Select a Device Driver" window, click the HAVE DISK
button.
11. At the "Install from Disk" window, click the BROWSE button.
12. At the "Locate File" window, browse to the directory where
you have downloaded and extracted the driver. You will see
a file called vxa.inf. Select the OPEN button and the OK
button to confirm the directory path.
13. At the "Select a Device Driver" window, select the
VXA drive product name from the list shown. Click the
NEXT button.
14. A warning may be displayed that the driver has not passed
Windows Logo testing. If it is, select the CONTINUE ANYWAY
button to continue.
15. Click on the FINISH button to close the wizard.
16. The VXA tape driver is now installed. The VXA tape drive
should be listed under Tape drives in the Device Manager
window.
17. Reboot the system.
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7. REMOVING THE DRIVER FROM WindowsXP/2003
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If you have already installed the VXA driver for WindowsXP/2003
and want to remove it from the system, use these steps:
1. Boot the machine to WindowsXP/2003 with the VXA drive attached
and powered-on.
2. Click on Start / Settings / Control Panel, then double click
the System icon.
3. Click on the Hardware tab then Click on the Device Manager
button.
4. In the list of devices you will see a category called
"Tape drives". Expand "Tape drives", and you should see a
device with the name of "Ecrix VXA-1", "Exabyte VXA-2",
or "Exabyte VXA-3".
5. Right click the tape device and select Uninstall. At the
Confirm Device Removal dialog, click OK.
6. Right click on Start, and choose Explore.
7. In the Explorer, go to the \WINDOWS\INF directory.
8. Look for files called OEM*.INF. Open each OEM*.INF file and
look for "VXA.INF" at the top of the file. When you have
found an OEM*.INF file with "VXA.INF", take note of the name
of the file. For example, "OEM6.INF".
9. Close the file. Delete the OEM*.INF file for VXA and delete
its corresponding OEM.PNF file as well. For example, if the
file called OEM6.INF is for VXA, delete both the OEM6.INF and
OEM6.PNF files.
10. In Explorer, go to the \WINNDOWS\SYSTEM32\DRIVERS directory.
Find the file called vxa*.sys and delete it. The file may be
called vxa.sys, vxa32.sys, or vxa64.sys.
11. Reboot the system.
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8. MODIFICATIONS
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8/29/2001 1.04.0000.1 First release
Files ecrixvxa.inf(8/29/2001,3:52PM)
ecrixvxa.sys(5/9/2001,11:12AM)
ecrixvxa.cat(9/xx/2001,x:xxPM)
readme.txt(8/31/2001,8:28AM)
9/26/2001 1.04.0000.2 New PNPID for IDE is added in the INF.
Files ecrixvxa.inf(9/26/2001,10:36PM)
ecrixvxa.cat(9/xx/2001,x:xxPM)
readme2KXP.txt
6/07/2002 1.05.0000.0 Support VXA-2
Files vxa.inf(6/07/2002,3:40PM)
vxa32.sys(6/07/2002,3:29PM)
10/14/2002 1.05.0000.1 Support VXA-2 1394 device
Files vxa.inf(10/14/2002,3:21PM)
vxa32.sys(6/07/2002,3:29PM)
vxa32.cat
2/10/2003 1.07.0000.0 Support IBM drive
Files vxa.inf(2/10/2003,1:17PM)
vxa32.sys(2/07/2003,12:42PM)
vxa32.cat
12/19/2003 1.08.0004.0 Support Win2003, support 64bit and Bug Fix for IBM drive
Files vxa.inf(10/27/2003,8:46AM)
vxa32.sys(10/27/2003,9:48PM)
vxa64.sys(10/27/2003,9:48PM)
1/29/2004 1.08.0004.1 INF file modification for new vender string for VXA-1
Files vxa.inf(1/29/2004,2:10PM)
6/30/2004 1.08.0004.2 INF file modification for VXA-2 in 1U
Files vxa.inf(6/16/2004,12:20PM)
5/31/2005 1.10.0001.1 Support VXA-3, WMI service,
and enhancement for capacity infomation using LogSense
Files vxa32.inf(5/31/2005, 10:33AM)
vxa32.sys(4/1/2005, 11:57AM)
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9. TROUBLESHOOTING
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Please refer to the Product Manual for your tape drive regarding
installation issues. The Exabyte Knowledge Base also contains
helpful troubleshooting information. For Technical Support contact
information, refer to www.exabyte.com/support/contact.
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