How to perform a TBU restore

These instructions tell how to copy files from your TBU tape onto your hard drive if you have a Colorado Memory Systems Tape Backup Unit (TBU) as part of your system. Restore does not mean that it fixes damaged files. It means that files are copied from the tape to the hard disk, whether or not the files ever existed on the disk before.

1. Power up your computer (and exit Windows if necessary, do not double click on the DOS Prompt Icon). You can see the DOS prompt.

2. Type

   cd\tape

   and press Enter. This changes you to the TAPE subdirectory, which contains the backup software. The prompt should look like this: C:\TAPE>

3. Type

   tape

   and press Enter. This starts the backup software. A line appears in the center of the screen asking you to enter the date. Since the date is already entered, press Enter. Then it asks you to enter the time. Press Enter. The Main Menu appears.

4. Insert a tape into the drive. You should hear whirring sounds as the drive finds the beginning of the tape. (You can actually put the tape in before now if you want.)

5. At the main menu press F2 for Restore to Disk. A list of one or more backup sessions appears.

6. Use the Up or Down Arrow key to highlight the session you want to restore from, and press F3. A list of directories appears. (This list might contain only one directory, depending on what was backed up.)

7. You can navigate this directory list with the Up and Down Arrow keys to highlight items, and the F3 and F4 keys to go up and down directory levels. Look for the item or items you want to restore.

8. When you see an item you want to restore, move it into the highlight and press F5. This tags the item for restoration. Pressing F5 when a directory is highlighted tags all the files in the directory.

9. When you have tagged everything you want to restore, press F1. The program asks what drive you want to restore. Enter the drive letter for the drive you want the items copied onto. Read the next step before you press another key!

10. Press F1. Restoration begins and a screen appears showing the progress of the restoration. (If you press Enter, it gives you a chance to rename the error log file, which you can do if you want. Then press F1.) If the directory doesn’t exist on the drive, the restore program creates it, and copies the files into the directory. If the directory does exist, it copies the files into it, overwriting any identically-named files without warning you. Be sure this is what you want.

11. Press F10 three times to exit the program and return to DOS.
    
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