First of all .. thanks to "Denys Beauchemin" for taking the time to help configure two IBM hard drives on the HP 3000. Since the new drives were installed, I am having trouble backing up the HP3000 to a DDS2 drive. The error message i get is: STORE ENCOUNTERD A POWERFAIL ON LDEV 7 (where LDEV 7 is the Tape Drive). I replaced the tape drive with a new one but still get the error. I unplugged the new external drives and terminate the SCSI bus on the Hp system but still get some error. Can anyone help please. Thanking you'll in advance. Vivek [log in to unmask] 1-800-969-5255 * 523