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Agree. 
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>From: "Dave Patrick" <mail@Nospam.DSPatrick.com>
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>But the View|Show Hidden Devices does not show devices that are currently
>not connected. It's not clear whether it is still connected hardware or
not.
>
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q315539
>
>--
>Regards,
>
>Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
>Microsoft Certified Professional
>Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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>""Rebecca Chen [MSFT]"" wrote:
>| In case of "set DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1" does not work, you can
>| open the Device Manager and click View menu, check "Show hidden device"
to
>| see the hidden device and delete the old SCSI one.
>|
>
>
>
Best regards,
Rebecca Chen
MCSE2000 MCDBA CCNA
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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Great experience sharing!
I will also put your expereince to my bag of tricks.
Best regards,
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>Thanks again.
>Changed the card, still the same results. Received a new unit, same
results.
>Finally what I noticed in the hardware config of the Tape Drive, was that
>there was no BarCode Reader Installed. The original hardware had a bar
code
>reader for LTO tapes, the BrightStore software supports a bar code, and
>allows for quicker inverntory of daily tapes. But with out a bar code
reader
>installed in the unit, the software times-out, and dismounts the slots in
the
>library.
>
>The manufacturer sent a reader, installed it, and problem solved. Who
knew!
>
>Thanks for the Device Manager tips though, I will be adding this to my bag
>of tricks.
>J
>
>""Rebecca Chen [MSFT]"" wrote:
>
>> According to your description, I believe this is the SCSI card issue. It
is
>> possible that the card corrupted and Windows cannot recongnize it.
>>
>> Please contact the SCSI manufacturer to change card to test this issue.
>>
>> Good luck!
>>
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>> >Hi Guys,
>> >Excellent info...I was able to run the commands as you outlined, and
>> removed
>> >the phantom devices that were listed, and corresponded to the registry
>> >entries that I found.
>> >
>> >However, my problem did not go away. The server still hung during the
>> boot
>> >process, so I flip flopped the devices attached to the two channels,
and
>> the
>> >problem moved to the other device. I suspect at this point I have a
SCSI
>> >card issue that has been masking my Backup Software issues...just not
sure
>> >why all of a sudden for a windows boot that the issue started.
>> >
>> >Thanks guys
>> >J
>> >
>> >"Dave Patrick" wrote:
>> >
>> >> 1.) To display hidden devices, non-Plug and Play devices, and devices
>> not
>> >> attached to the computer (commonly known as "ghosted" or "phantom"
>> devices)
>> >> Save the following two lines as a file then execute.
>> >>
>> >> --------------------------setdev.bat---------------------
>> >> set DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1
>> >> start devmgmt.msc
>> >> ---------------------------------------------------------
>> >>
>> >> Then, View|Show Hidden Devices to remove or reconfigure these
devices.
>> Do
>> >> not edit the registry.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> 2.) Try F8 at startup and 'Enable Boot Logging' then look for
>> 'ntbtlog.txt'
>> >> in the %windir% directory.
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Regards,
>> >>
>> >> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
>> >> Microsoft Certified Professional
>> >> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
>> >> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>> >>
>> >> "Smurfman" wrote:
>> >> |I am looking for a way to remove old SCSI hardware that is reporting
in
>> the
>> >> | SCSI devices in the registry.
>> >> |
>> >> | Situation:
>> >> | After replacing a "PLASMON FTA" tape library, the new unit came
wiht an
>> >> | Identity String of "EXABYTE 110L". Windows detected and created
the
>> >> strings
>> >> | in the SCSI devices with no problems, but after correcting the
Identity
>> >> | String to "PLASMON FTA" Windows 2000 Server hangs during the boot
>> process
>> >> | until I either power fail the unti, or perform a soft reset of the
>> unit.
>> >> |
>> >> | My goal is to remove the settings in the registry so that windows
knows
>> >> | nothing about the old or the new Library and allow the SCSI device
to
>> be
>> >> | redetected.
>> >> |
>> >> | I tried to delete the registry entries for the devices, and windows
>> will
>> >> not
>> >> | allow me.
>> >> |
>> >> | So my question is how do I get rid of the old SCSI devices, because
I
>> >> | suspect that there is a windows conflict in what it sees during the
>> boot,
>> >> 2
>> >> | devices identicle but with different strings and windows does not
know
>> >> which
>> >> | one to load.
>> >> |
>> >> | Additionally, where can I log the boot process to see exactly what
is
>> >> going
>> >> | on behind the scenes? And trace any issues that might be happening.
>> >> |
>> >> | Thanks
>> >> | J
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Rebecca Chen
>>
>> MCSE2000 MCDBA CCNA
>>
>>
>> Microsoft Online Partner Support
>> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
>>
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