'code 39' with a tape drive

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Hi

I have a Windows 2008 x64 system, and I'm trying to use a Sony SDZ-120
SAIT tape drive. I've downloaded the correct driver
(http://sony.storagesupport.com/node/464). But when I try to install the
driver in Device Manager, I get the error, "Windows cannot load the
device driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupt or missing
(Code 39)".

I asked Sony technical support about this, and they said the error
message means that is a problem in the Registry. I Google'd 'code 39',
and found several KBs on how to fix a 'code 39' problem with DVD/CD
drives. But I can't find anything about 'code 39' and tape drives. The
instructions in the KBs for 'code 39' and DVD/CD drives don't seem to
map to what I see with a tape drive.

Help, please!

Thanks
tl
 
Re: 'code 39' with a tape drive

Tape support in Server 2008 is deprecated and doesn't actually work with any
portion of the OS. You'd need a third party application to use it. That
being said, the most common reason for a failure to load a device driver is
a mis-match between the driver and the OS, or the driver and the hardware.
If that isn't the issue here, and you're sure your download wasn't corrupted
in some way, then I'd try completely deleting the tape drive in Device
Manager and trying to let Windows detect it again. When you do that, make
sure that all AV is disabled, and nothing else is running at startup that
might interfere.

--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

"Terry Lemons" <lemons_terry@emc.com> wrote in message
news:Ob4VvIeOJHA.4256@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hi
>
> I have a Windows 2008 x64 system, and I'm trying to use a Sony SDZ-120
> SAIT tape drive. I've downloaded the correct driver
> (http://sony.storagesupport.com/node/464). But when I try to install the
> driver in Device Manager, I get the error, "Windows cannot load the device
> driver for this hardware. The driver may be corrupt or missing (Code
> 39)".
>
> I asked Sony technical support about this, and they said the error message
> means that is a problem in the Registry. I Google'd 'code 39', and found
> several KBs on how to fix a 'code 39' problem with DVD/CD drives. But I
> can't find anything about 'code 39' and tape drives. The instructions in
> the KBs for 'code 39' and DVD/CD drives don't seem to map to what I see
> with a tape drive.
>
> Help, please!
>
> Thanks
> tl
 
Re: 'code 39' with a tape drive

Hi Charlie

Thanks for the reply. I don't believe the download was corrupted (I've
done it several times). According to the Sony web site, I'm using the
correct driver. I was able to load a different driver from the same
Sony web site on a different Sony tape drive, and was able to load tape
drivers for over a dozen tape drives on this same system. So I believe
the system and the process are sound. It's just this one tape driver /
tape drive combination that will not work.

Sony technical support says this is a Microsoft issue. How do I 'fix' a
'code 39' problem?

Thanks
tl

Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:
> Tape support in Server 2008 is deprecated and doesn't actually work with
> any portion of the OS. You'd need a third party application to use it.
> That being said, the most common reason for a failure to load a device
> driver is a mis-match between the driver and the OS, or the driver and
> the hardware. If that isn't the issue here, and you're sure your
> download wasn't corrupted in some way, then I'd try completely deleting
> the tape drive in Device Manager and trying to let Windows detect it
> again. When you do that, make sure that all AV is disabled, and nothing
> else is running at startup that might interfere.
>
 
Re: 'code 39' with a tape drive

Hello Terry,
Open the registry.
look under
1)
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{6D807884-7D21-11CF-801C-08002BE
10318}
Tape Drives
2)
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{CE5939AE-EBDE-11d0-B181-0000F87
53EC4}
Medium changer devices
Are there any upperfilters or lowerfilter entries?
you may need to remove those entries first.
of course back them up first before removing them.
Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
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| >Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:11:51 -0400
| >From: Terry Lemons <lemons_terry@emc.com>
| >User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914)
| >MIME-Version: 1.0
| >Subject: Re: 'code 39' with a tape drive
| >References: <Ob4VvIeOJHA.4256@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>
<OIfp#1kOJHA.4424@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
| >In-Reply-To: <OIfp#1kOJHA.4424@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
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| >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
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| >Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general:20633
| >X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
| >
| >Hi Charlie
| >
| >Thanks for the reply. I don't believe the download was corrupted (I've
| >done it several times). According to the Sony web site, I'm using the
| >correct driver. I was able to load a different driver from the same
| >Sony web site on a different Sony tape drive, and was able to load tape
| >drivers for over a dozen tape drives on this same system. So I believe
| >the system and the process are sound. It's just this one tape driver /
| >tape drive combination that will not work.
| >
| >Sony technical support says this is a Microsoft issue. How do I 'fix' a
| >'code 39' problem?
| >
| >Thanks
| >tl
| >
| >Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:
| >> Tape support in Server 2008 is deprecated and doesn't actually work
with
| >> any portion of the OS. You'd need a third party application to use it.
| >> That being said, the most common reason for a failure to load a device
| >> driver is a mis-match between the driver and the OS, or the driver and
| >> the hardware. If that isn't the issue here, and you're sure your
| >> download wasn't corrupted in some way, then I'd try completely
deleting
| >> the tape drive in Device Manager and trying to let Windows detect it
| >> again. When you do that, make sure that all AV is disabled, and
nothing
| >> else is running at startup that might interfere.
| >>
| >
 
Re: 'code 39' with a tape drive

Hi Darrell

Nope, no 'filters' of any kind on either of these classes.

Thanks
tl

Darrell Gorter[MSFT] wrote:
> Hello Terry,
> Open the registry.
> look under
> 1)
> HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{6D807884-7D21-11CF-801C-08002BE
> 10318}
> Tape Drives
> 2)
> HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{CE5939AE-EBDE-11d0-B181-0000F87
> 53EC4}
> Medium changer devices
> Are there any upperfilters or lowerfilter entries?
> you may need to remove those entries first.
> of course back them up first before removing them.
> Thanks,
> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
> --------------------
> | >Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:11:51 -0400
> | >From: Terry Lemons <lemons_terry@emc.com>
> | >User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914)
> | >MIME-Version: 1.0
> | >Subject: Re: 'code 39' with a tape drive
> | >References: <Ob4VvIeOJHA.4256@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>
> <OIfp#1kOJHA.4424@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
> | >In-Reply-To: <OIfp#1kOJHA.4424@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
> | >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
> | >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> | >Message-ID: <uy4P5oqOJHA.3748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>
> | >Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
> | >NNTP-Posting-Host: pseudo-nat-168.isus.emc.com 128.221.197.168
> | >Lines: 1
> | >Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl
> | >Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general:20633
> | >X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
> | >
> | >Hi Charlie
> | >
> | >Thanks for the reply. I don't believe the download was corrupted (I've
> | >done it several times). According to the Sony web site, I'm using the
> | >correct driver. I was able to load a different driver from the same
> | >Sony web site on a different Sony tape drive, and was able to load tape
> | >drivers for over a dozen tape drives on this same system. So I believe
> | >the system and the process are sound. It's just this one tape driver /
> | >tape drive combination that will not work.
> | >
> | >Sony technical support says this is a Microsoft issue. How do I 'fix' a
> | >'code 39' problem?
> | >
> | >Thanks
> | >tl
> | >
> | >Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:
> | >> Tape support in Server 2008 is deprecated and doesn't actually work
> with
> | >> any portion of the OS. You'd need a third party application to use it.
> | >> That being said, the most common reason for a failure to load a device
> | >> driver is a mis-match between the driver and the OS, or the driver and
> | >> the hardware. If that isn't the issue here, and you're sure your
> | >> download wasn't corrupted in some way, then I'd try completely
> deleting
> | >> the tape drive in Device Manager and trying to let Windows detect it
> | >> again. When you do that, make sure that all AV is disabled, and
> nothing
> | >> else is running at startup that might interfere.
> | >>
> | >
>
 
Re: 'code 39' with a tape drive

Hello terry,
Look at the setupapi.dev.log file in the \windows\inf folder.
See if there is any reference to a registry file location in that log with
an error message when we attempt to write to it or create a new value
If you still do not see anything, try setting the logging to verbose as per
this article
906485 How to enable verbose logging on a Windows XP-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;906485

Remember to turn off ther verbosity after capturing the log, the log size
will grow quickly.

Thanks,
Darrell Gorter[MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights
--------------------
| >Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:10:58 -0400
| >From: Terry Lemons <lemons_terry@emc.com>
| >User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914)
| >MIME-Version: 1.0
| >Subject: Re: 'code 39' with a tape drive
| >References: <Ob4VvIeOJHA.4256@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>
<OIfp#1kOJHA.4424@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
<uy4P5oqOJHA.3748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>
<rfHukCsOJHA.744@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl>
| >In-Reply-To: <rfHukCsOJHA.744@TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl>
| >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
| >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
| >Message-ID: <O95zox4OJHA.2312@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>
| >Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
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| >Lines: 1
| >Path: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl
| >Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general:20635
| >X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
| >
| >Hi Darrell
| >
| >Nope, no 'filters' of any kind on either of these classes.
| >
| >Thanks
| >tl
| >
| >Darrell Gorter[MSFT] wrote:
| >> Hello Terry,
| >> Open the registry.
| >> look under
| >> 1)
| >>
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{6D807884-7D21-11CF-801C-08002BE
| >> 10318}
| >> Tape Drives
| >> 2)
| >>
HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Class\{CE5939AE-EBDE-11d0-B181-0000F87
| >> 53EC4}
| >> Medium changer devices
| >> Are there any upperfilters or lowerfilter entries?
| >> you may need to remove those entries first.
| >> of course back them up first before removing them.
| >> Thanks,
| >> Darrell Gorter[MSFT]
| >>
| >> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
rights
| >> --------------------
| >> | >Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:11:51 -0400
| >> | >From: Terry Lemons <lemons_terry@emc.com>
| >> | >User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (Windows/20080914)
| >> | >MIME-Version: 1.0
| >> | >Subject: Re: 'code 39' with a tape drive
| >> | >References: <Ob4VvIeOJHA.4256@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl>
| >> <OIfp#1kOJHA.4424@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
| >> | >In-Reply-To: <OIfp#1kOJHA.4424@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl>
| >> | >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
| >> | >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
| >> | >Message-ID: <uy4P5oqOJHA.3748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>
| >> | >Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
| >> | >NNTP-Posting-Host: pseudo-nat-168.isus.emc.com 128.221.197.168
| >> | >Lines: 1
| >> | >Path:
TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP01.phx.gbl!TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl
| >> | >Xref: TK2MSFTNGHUB02.phx.gbl
microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general:20633
| >> | >X-Tomcat-NG: microsoft.public.windows.64bit.general
| >> | >
| >> | >Hi Charlie
| >> | >
| >> | >Thanks for the reply. I don't believe the download was corrupted
(I've
| >> | >done it several times). According to the Sony web site, I'm using
the
| >> | >correct driver. I was able to load a different driver from the
same
| >> | >Sony web site on a different Sony tape drive, and was able to load
tape
| >> | >drivers for over a dozen tape drives on this same system. So I
believe
| >> | >the system and the process are sound. It's just this one tape
driver /
| >> | >tape drive combination that will not work.
| >> | >
| >> | >Sony technical support says this is a Microsoft issue. How do I
'fix' a
| >> | >'code 39' problem?
| >> | >
| >> | >Thanks
| >> | >tl
| >> | >
| >> | >Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:
| >> | >> Tape support in Server 2008 is deprecated and doesn't actually
work
| >> with
| >> | >> any portion of the OS. You'd need a third party application to
use it.
| >> | >> That being said, the most common reason for a failure to load a
device
| >> | >> driver is a mis-match between the driver and the OS, or the
driver and
| >> | >> the hardware. If that isn't the issue here, and you're sure your
| >> | >> download wasn't corrupted in some way, then I'd try completely
| >> deleting
| >> | >> the tape drive in Device Manager and trying to let Windows detect
it
| >> | >> again. When you do that, make sure that all AV is disabled, and
| >> nothing
| >> | >> else is running at startup that might interfere.
| >> | >>
| >> | >
| >>
| >
 
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