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Syquest 1 Gig Hard Drive

Sep 18, 2004 11:58PM PDT

I don't know if this is the right forum but I have a Dell 4300, running Win XP and would like to use my internal and external, Syquest SparQ, 1 gig hard drives. I cannot find a driver that will work with either the internal or external drives. I know they are "Old Tech" but they work well and hold a Gig of info and are easier to use then my CD burner. I have 5 cartridges and feel it is a shame that Windows will not recognize the install drivers. I have been to the Iomega and Syquest sites and got no help. Does anyone know of a site for generic drivers? Sorry for the long letter!

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Re: Syquest 1 Gig Hard Drive
Sep 19, 2004 12:18AM PDT

The issue isn't so much old tech, but no driver appeared for the newer OSes. Unless you include Linux.

The answer is this. When the company collapsed they elected to not share the technical details on how the hardware worked and as such, newer drivers are not going to appear unless someone breaks the vow of silence and publishes the specs.

Since google.com finds what was out there, then you use a supported OS and continue using said unit until it fails.

Bob

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Re: Syquest 1 Gig Hard Drive
Sep 19, 2004 12:59AM PDT

Good Morning,

I found drivers for these drives at DriverGuide.Com. You'll have to dig a little to find the one for your drives, but the following seems to have worked for at least one person who left a comment. Also, according to the "Uploader Notes" under the "Summary Tab," it's important to let XP intstall the parallel port and drive automatically --don't select device manually, let XP auto detect. I've left the link below. If you find that you need a UserName and Password, then use "drivers" as the UserName and "all" as the Password.

http://members.driverguide.com/driver/detail.php?driverid=120806

Chauncey