HP Colorado 5GB User manual

Installation Guide
This guide shows you how to:
1. Connect the tape drive to your parallel port (and printer, if needed)
2. Install the software
3. Select and use tapes with your drive
When you finish, your tape drive will be ready to make a backup.
Check Your Tape-Drive Package
Check each item to ensure you have everything you need.
Data Cable
HP Colorado 5GB
External Tape
Software
User’s
Guide
Power Supply and
Power Cord
(U.S. version shown
other versions may vary.)
Installation
Guide
Software
Installation
CD
Driver Installation diskette
Drive

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Connecting the
Hardware
Overview
The illustration above shows a hardware setup that will be similar to
yours after you complete the step-by-step installation instructions in this
section.
WARNING: DO NOT, under any circumstances, open the external tape drive’s
case. If you suspect problems with your drive, service must be performed by a
certified HP technician. See the telephone numbers at the back of this manual.
1. Turn OFF your computer.
Printer (if attached)
Tape Drive’s
Power Supply
and Power Cord
Tape Drive’s Data Cable
HP Colorado 5GB
External Tape Drive
Computer

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NOTE: To save space on your desk, tip the HP Colorado 5GB tape drive up on
its side.
NOTE: This tape drive can be used with laptops, desktops, and towers that
meet minimum system requirements listed on page 33. The following
illustrations show it attached to a laptop computer.
2. Connect one end of the power cord into the power supply and the other
end to a wall outlet or power strip. (The power plug and outlet may look
different in your country.)
Power Supply
To HP Colorado 5GB
Power Cord

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3. Plug the tape-drive power cord into the drive.
NOTE: Turn the power off to your drive by disconnecting the power cord from
the wall outlet. There is no power switch on the tape drive.
The power supply is designed to automatically switch into low-energy
mode when the drive is not in use. The HP Colorado 5GB may be safely
left plugged in at all times.
4. Locate the parallel port connector on your computer (your printer might
already be attached to the parallel port).
If you have a printer attached to your computer, go to the next step.
If you do not have a printer attached, proceed to step 6.
Tape-drive power cord
Select any available parallel
port. Your tape drive can
share a parallel port with a
printer.
Parallel ports have
receptacles for 25 pins.

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5. If you have a printer cable attached to the computer’s parallel port,
disconnect it from the computer and plug it into the tape drive’s
connector shown below.
The data cable that came with your drive attaches to the computer’s
parallel port and the tape drive’s remaining 25-pin connector.
6. Attach the tape-drive data cable to your computer’s parallel port and
hand tighten the connector’s retaining screws.
Secure the connector
by tightening the
retaining screws.
Drive’s power connector
Printer connector
Printer’s data cable
(If a printer is sharing
the parallel port with
the tape drive)
Attach this end to
the tape drive. Attach this end to the
computer’s parallel port.
Tape-drive data cable