Introduction
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What is a driver?
A driver (or a device driver) is a small, system level program that
allows a specific piece of hardware (i.e. your HP Surestore Ultrium
tape drive) or software to interface to a specific operating system 
i.e. Windows NT). 

This driver is for all Ultrium drives and supports the Windows XP
and Windows 2003 32bit operating systems only. Included are:

hplto.cat
hplto.inf
hplto.sys
readme.txt

For the latest driver support for HP tape drives, please visit 
the following HP web site:
http://www.hp.com/go/cposupport

For compatibility information see:
http://www.hp.com/go/connect


Connecting Your Tape Drive
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1.  Shutdown Windows if it is running and power down the
    system.

2.  Connect your Ultrium tape drive to the system.  Ensure
    the SCSI bus is terminated correctly and that there are no
    target ID conflicts.

3.  Startup the system and log into Windows.


Installing the Ultrium Tape Driver
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4.  Click on the: 
         'Start' button 
         'Programs'   
         'Administrative tools'  
         'Computer Management'. 

5.  In the left hand pane, select 'System Tools' then 'Device Manager'. 
    In the right hand pane, double click on the 'Tape Drives' icon to 
    display the attached tape drives. 
    If the tape  hardware has changed, it may sometimes be necessary to 
    scan for these changes by right clicking the 'Tape Devices' icon, 
    and selecting the 'Scan...' menu item.

6.  To replace the current driver with this one, right click on the device, 
    select the 'Properties' menu item and  then the 'Drivers' tab.

7.  To invoke the 'Driver Wizard', click on the 'Update Drivers' button 
    and follow the instructions given. 

8.  You may be prompted to enter the pathname for the driver, 
    in which case enter the directory where the file is stored.


Your tape drive should now be functioning with the new driver.   
You will not ordinarily be asked to reboot your computer.

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