Hi, I have been using a Colorado (HP) 20 gig external tape backup with 98SE for some time. When I upgraded to ME it required a software upgrade to V9.1 HP backup software to be compatible with ME. Upon installation of the new software after un installing the old software per HP's instructions the tape backup unit is not recognized. I rma'd the unit to be sure, and the new unit does the same thing. HP tech support after three hours was useless. They left it saying that I had to rearrange my IRQ's and LPT ports and then call back (it worked before with the current settings). Has anyone had any experience with this tape backup unit and Windows ME? I'm at wits end. On a lark I tried the new "ME compatible", software and external tape unit on another newer 850 Mhz, Abit VP6 based box with the proper IRQ and LPT 1 as recommended and also had no luck. The first machine is an older Asus P55 200 Mhz box. No matter what I do the tape drive is not recognized. System properties reports that there is a conflict with the driver for the EPAT shuttle driver a SCSI type driver device used for the parallel port external tape drive. I tried all the tricks to get rid of the flag but had no luck on the driver. Thank you, Michael Rubin [log in to unmask] http://www.netrox.net/~blackblt/ mailto:[log in to unmask] The NOSPIN Group Promotions is now offering Mandrake Linux or Red Hat Linux CD sets along with our NOSPIN Power Linux CD... at a great price!!! http://freepctech.com/goodies/promotions.shtml