Hi;
Disaster recovery will not work with USB devices, USB devices do not
work under DOS.

"Garret Swayne" wrote in message
news:39efe069@hronntp01....
> I just purchased Backup Exec Desktop Pro v4.5 and want to prepare a
Disaster
> Recovery backup set and disk. I ran the Disaster Recovery Wizard and
after
> clicking through a few preparatory screens, it now asks me to enter a
> command line to be added to my Config.sys file to make sure that the CD-RW
> drive I want to use for backup is recognized in DOS. But surprisingly, it
> offers no help in composing such a line. Can anyone tell me what to put
> there? I currently have hard drives C, D, and E (three logical partitions
> of a single physical drive), CD-Rom drive F, and my new HP 8200e CD-Writer
> which Windows 98 recognizes as drive G. When I do a restart in DOS mode,
> all these drives are recognized in DOS except drive G. So I obviously
have
> to add or modify a line in Config.sys. Can someone advise me how to do
> that? Here is my current Config.sys file:
>
> LASTDRIVE=Z
> DEVICE=c:\es1938.sys
> DEVICE=\DEV\TAISATAP.SYS /D:MSCD000 /N:1
> DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
>
> I'd truly appreciate it. I've never quite understood how the Config.sys
> file worked...
>
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Garret Swayne
> garretswayne@usa.net
> http://www.garretswayne.com
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>
>
>

You can check the Manufacturer's WEB Site to see if they have the DOS
Drivers. If they do, the drivers are usually self installing (install
program).

"Garret Swayne" wrote in message
news:39efe069@hronntp01....
> I just purchased Backup Exec Desktop Pro v4.5 and want to prepare a
Disaster
> Recovery backup set and disk. I ran the Disaster Recovery Wizard and
after
> clicking through a few preparatory screens, it now asks me to enter a
> command line to be added to my Config.sys file to make sure that the
CD-RW
> drive I want to use for backup is recognized in DOS. But surprisingly,
it
> offers no help in composing such a line. Can anyone tell me what to put
> there? I currently have hard drives C, D, and E (three logical
partitions
> of a single physical drive), CD-Rom drive F, and my new HP 8200e
CD-Writer
> which Windows 98 recognizes as drive G. When I do a restart in DOS
mode,
> all these drives are recognized in DOS except drive G. So I obviously
have
> to add or modify a line in Config.sys. Can someone advise me how to do
> that? Here is my current Config.sys file:
>
> LASTDRIVE=Z
> DEVICE=c:\es1938.sys
> DEVICE=\DEV\TAISATAP.SYS /D:MSCD000 /N:1
> DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
>
> I'd truly appreciate it. I've never quite understood how the Config.sys
> file worked...
>
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Garret Swayne
> garretswayne@usa.net
> http://www.garretswayne.com
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>
>
>