Tape recovery needs old software

We need symantec backup exec older than version 12.5.

Anyone have any lying around?

 

Is this it?

https://www4.symantec.com/Vrt/offer?a_id=51798

 

No, it's called seagate backup exec. Need versions that are veritas, or pre 4.0.

 

A lot of times NT Backup can open / extract the older versions. I'll look around my stuff and see what survived. Here's some info from the wiki. Conner, I remember being king when I got the 850MB hard drive to upgrade my 40MB.

Major Milestones and Releases[edit]

• Maynard Electronics founded, 1982
• MaynStream for Windows 3.0, May, 1992
• Conner Backup Exec for Windows NT 3.1, May, 1993
• Arcada Software Backup Exec for Windows NT 5.0, June, 1994
• Arcada Software Backup Exec for Windows NT 6.0, April, 1995
• Seagate Software Backup Exec for Windows NT 7.0, August, 1997
• Seagate Backup Exec 7.2, October, 1998
• VERITAS Backup Exec 7.3, March, 1999
• VERITAS Backup Exec 8.0, January, 2000
• VERITAS Backup Exec 8.6, November, 2001
• VERITAS Backup Exec 9.0, June, 2003
• VERITAS Backup Exec 9.1, December, 2003
• VERITAS Backup Exec 10.0, January, 2005
• Symantec Backup Exec 10d, September, 2005[2]
• Symantec Backup Exec 11d, November, 2006[3]
• Symantec Backup Exec 12, February, 2008[4]
• Symantec Backup Exec 12.5, October, 2008
• Symantec Backup Exec 2010 (13.0), February, 2010
• Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R2, August, 2010
• Symantec Backup Exec 2010 R3, May, 2011
• Symantec Backup Exec 2012 (14.0), March 5, 2012
• Symantec Backup Exec 2014, (14.1), June 2, 2014
• Symantec Backup Exec 15, (14.2), 2015-04-06
• Symantec Symantec Backup Exec 15 FP1, July 8, 2015
• Symantec Symantec Backup Exec 15 FP2, October 19, 2015
• Symantec Symantec Backup Exec 15 FP3, December 9, 2015

Architecture[edit]
Backup Exec installations can have one or more media servers, which are responsible for moving data from one or more locations to a storage medium, including virtually any disk or tape device. The data may be from the local system or from a remote system. The core Backup Exec product can have additional functionality unlocked through the addition of agent and option licenses. Not all agents are agents in the traditional sense. For example the Agent for VMware and Hyper-V is not carrying out the backup process. The agent is simply collecting meta data (takes a few seconds) so that Backup Exec can perform granular recoveries directly from storage at a point in the future - no mounting required. Multiple media servers can be managed using the Central Admin Server Option. Current versions of the software support Microsoft, VMware, Linux and Macintosh amongst a longer list of supported software.

Backup Exec shares the same Microsoft Tape Format with Windows' built-in NTBackup.

 

I have the conner backup exec on floppy for windows/dos says its version 3.5
this any good?

 

Might this help you? It downloads a 461MB file called BEWS.91

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Best Answer​

Jaydeep (Symantec) Apr 18, 2013 at 4:19 PM

I just found an old Dell Driver page download link for 9.1 Not sure if it is broken or working
http://dell.driversdown.com/dell-drivers-downloads/Veritas-Backup-Exec_9368.shtml
Still searching internally if I can get a Symantec Download link
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It's too new really, many of the data tapes predate 1996

 

What about Conner software I have is 3.5 to old?

 

Upload it and paste the link, I'd like a copy of it myself.

 

Ok bud am at work the now ill dump the floppys later defo I got the Conner unit from a bucket its all complete unused

 

hi sorry took so long had to build a computer with a floppy drive lol
try this just put all the floppy files into folders and zipped it up
https://mega.nz/#!A4Q3SRbZ!Zlb07Ace8lB_to3Iu_p4u79tJlaFZC3DXG8seZ-1Lfw

 

Thanks for doing this, if anyone has the old floppy controller based tape drives or IDE tape drives this software will work with it. Basically DOS and Windows 3.1 versions as Windows 95 was just coming out.
Vesa Local Bus days...
Conner Backup Exec, Version 3.5
Copyright Arcada Software, Inc. 1995. (October 16, 1995)

 

glad it could be of use its sat on a shelf for years lol
if u ever need the old tape reader id happly donate the full thing

 

Did 3.5 do the trick or are you still looking for another version?

 

Found this on one on ebay and if it would help move this project along I could donate.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Seagate-Bac...hash=item2ec1cd7bca:m:mpD_V6urRCjGM-3W9BhZitA

 

I have these discs of Veritas Backup Exec:

004 by BadSpencer1986 posted Apr 20, 2016 at 12:58 PM

003 by BadSpencer1986 posted Apr 20, 2016 at 12:58 PM

002 by BadSpencer1986 posted Apr 20, 2016 at 12:58 PM

001 by BadSpencer1986 posted Apr 20, 2016 at 12:58 PM

May they fit to the need?

 

It actually sort of works on Windows 7 :O It'll crash though because "the filenames are too long" lol.

Spoiler: Install on Windows 7

 

Just checking in to see if there's been any more progress. Hoping we can get into these tapes sometime!