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#How's Exabyte system?

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#190268From: Steve OrmondeSep 11, 1995 10:36 AM
Alan, >> but since NT supports the Exabyte 8505 (and other SCSI backup devices) natively, you can easily restore all apps, configurations, and data. << Have you had to do this much? I'm curious about the stability of NT after install #1. Also, I need to purchase a new backup device. How's the Exabyte holding up? How much does it store on a tape, and what type of tapes does it support? Thanks! – Steve Ormonde
#190318From: ALAN IGLESIASSep 11, 1995 3:43 PM
Hi Steve, >>…do this much?<< Only when I lunch a hard drive…NT seems fairly stable. I'll know more as I start using it more. Had a coupla' display problems early on, but 3.51 fixed all that. PLEASE check for viruses before installing NT to a DOS (or part of a) DOS drive. A boot virus can really screw up NT installation. The Exabyte 8505 can hold >10G per tape with compression, and is VERY fast! It uses standard 8mm video or data-grade tape. I stick to the data-grade ones as they are quite inexpensive and hold so much data anyway. -Alan