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Hi!

I own a HP CD-Burner 8100i IDE, running in a
conventional Pentium-PC, a non SCSI-System,
but with a ZIP-Drive attached to the parallel port.

With the CD-Burner I use CD-Rs for making archives of
parts of my harddisk (works fine) and I also use CD-RWs,
because I WOULD LIKE to make backups of my complete
harddisk each few weeks.

Writing, reading and rewriting of CD-RW media via
Windows 95-Explorer works really fine and fast.

Now the problem is:
When I make a backup with SEAGATE Backup Exec, V 2.0 (1996),
I choose "File" as backup media, and enter a file name "j:\backup.mtf"
(j: is the drive letter of my CD-Burner).

The CD-Burner starts with backing up to the CD-RW media,
everything works fine. In sum I need 3 CD-RW media for backing up
the 2 gig data of my 3 gig harddisk.

The problem now is: When I try to restore some data, (e. g. with the
backup catalog, or by clicking "device view", which builds up the
backup catalog again), I get the error message:

-  "The backup deice stopped responding. Ref 05-0D-28-03-0000".

In the readme-file from backup Exec there is something like:

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   3.  Multiple SCSI Device Setups
------------------------------------------------------------------------
If you are receiving an error indicating that the tape controller is not
responding and you have more than one device on your SCSI chain, make
sure
the Enable Disconnect option in the Adaptec BIOS setup is set to Yes
(On).

If this option is off, the Windows 95 miniport driver causes a SCSI bus
reset when your hard drive or CD-ROM is idle for more than 10 seconds.
The reset causes the tape drive's current operation to abort.

To set the Enable Disconnect option:

1. Enter your SCSI controllers BIOS. For example, press and hold
   the CRTL-A keys (for Adaptec controllers) during the computer's
   boot sequence.
2. Switch ENABLE DISCONNECTION to YES (ON). Sometimes this option
   displays as Disconnect/Reconnect. Refer to your hardware manual
   for more information on this option.

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... but I do not have a SCSI-comtroller in my system, and, I also don't
find any
option under "my computer - system - device manager" to change any
timeout
values.

My questions now are:

- Do I simply have to buy the newest version of seagate backup exec?
- Is there any easier (and cheaper) workaround of this problem?

Please, if you know this problem, also reply to:

mailto:roman@styria.com

Thanks, and A Happy New Year in advance!

Roman/Austria