When using external SCSI drives, be sure to use the same ASPI-disk-driver software.
For example, if you're using an Adaptec 2940, you'll have loaded ASPI8DOS.SYS and
ASPIDISK.SYS to access an external drive. If you subsequently use the same drive with,
say a H45 parallel-to-SCSI adapter, be sure to use Adaptec's ASPIDISK.SYS
instead of H45's ASPIHDRM.SYS. It seems that ASPIDISK.SYS and ASPIHDRM.SYS
organize a hard disk differently.
Long-format Iomega Jaz and Zip cartridges before use to avoid unexpected "General
Failure" errors from DOS and SafeBack.
When backing up a physical drive, try to use BIOS access first. If drive-management
software is present and will prevent you from accessing the entire hard disk, SafeBack
will warn you.
Some non-Microsoft operating systems, such as Unix, may require that you boot your
copy using the same type of hard disk controller. That is, if a specific SCSI controller
was used on the original system, you may have to use that same type of SCSI controller
on the restored system if you want to boot it.
SafeBack is aware of Windows 95/98 FAT-32 file systems, but if you want
to make a backup of a FAT-32 partition without backing up the entire physical drive, you
must boot SafeBack using a boot diskette created using Windows 95B (also called OSR2)
or Windows 98.
When using a SCSI tape in a system with a SCSI disk drive, avoid connecting the
tape drive and the disk drive to the same controller. This is particularly true if the disk
drive is of an ultra- or wide-SCSI variety. It's safe practice to make sure that the tape
drive is on its own dedicated controller.
