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XP does not support floppy devices other than the standard floppy drives.
"wayne wilhem" <wwilhelm@neo.rr.com> wrote in message
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> "Len Kamholz" <lenk@helmel.com> wrote in message
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> > Does XP have a generic driver for Floppy Tape drives? I have a Seagate
> > CTT800i-f / r-f drive and I can't seem to get XP to even recognize it.
> > driverguide.com didn't seem to have anything either.
> >
> > Len
> >
>
> Windows XP was made to be PnP to simplify installation of modern devices.
> Your tape drive is anything but modern and would most likely require a
> non-PnP installation.
>
> In the case of the older non-PnP device, it may take a special utility to
> install a driver for the device. Or, in some cases, older devices were
PnP
> with an option for disabling PnP to make the device compatible with NT,
> Linux or some other non-PnP O/S. If the tape drive is supposed to be PnP,
> perhaps it's PnP capability was turned off for installation under NT. If
> so, you may need to use the same utility to re-enable PnP.
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