Hi there,
I was running Windows XP SP3 and I have recently installed Win7 (64-bit). I have lots of LTO2 tapes containing data that I might need to access from Windows 7. My question is: how do I access my LTO2 tape archives from within Windows 7?
The backups were created using NTbackup.exe on WinXP. I have tried installing NTbackup.exe on Win7 but it complains that "The Backup Utility cannot connect to the Removable Storage service". A little bit of Googling reveals that Microsoft have no plans to implement the Removable Storage service for Win7.
I have tried running NTbackup.exe from within Virtual XP but NTbackup.exe doesn't seem to be able to access my SCSI LTO drive (I have successfully installed the SCSI and LTO drivers on Win7 and I've attempted to install the drivers on the Virtual XP system).
I have attempted to use Windows 7's backup program but I can't figure out pursuade it to access my LTO drive!
Does anyone have any thoughts as to how I can access my old LTO tape archives from within Win7?
Many thanks,
Jack